Re: How to get rid of an epoch?
On Fri, 27 Aug 2004 22:38:15 +0200, Amaya wrote:
> I'm doing a little houskeeping before sarge releases.
> Then I stumble upon this:
>
> Rejected: jail_1.6-2_i386.deb: old version (1:1.6-1) in stable >= new
> version (1.6-2) targeted at unstable.
> Rejected: jail_1.6-2_i386.deb: old version (1:1.6-1) in unstable >= new
> version (1.6-2) targeted at unstable.
> Rejected: jail_1.6-2_i386.deb: old version (1:1.6-1) in testing >= new
> version (1.6-2) targeted at unstable.
>
> For some reason (the changelog doesn't help much), the previous
> maintainer used an epoch at some point and I would like to get rid of
> it. What's the best way to do it?
One cannot remove an epoch, and you shouldn't consider it "cleaning up" to
remove one. Adding an epoch is a tool that is frequently used to clean up
screwy version numbers, because adding/incrementing an epoch always
overrides any other part of the version number.
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