Received: (at submit) by bugs.debian.org; 26 Dec 1998 15:53:04 +0000 Received: (qmail 23258 invoked from network); 26 Dec 1998 15:53:04 -0000 Received: from zeus.wi.leidenuniv.nl (132.229.128.1) by master.debian.org with SMTP; 26 Dec 1998 15:53:04 -0000 Received: from lightning.wiggy.net (root@home012.wi.leidenuniv.nl [132.229.210.140]) by zeus.wi.leidenuniv.nl (8.8.8/8.8.8/WI) with ESMTP id QAA23964 for ; Sat, 26 Dec 1998 16:52:56 +0100 (MET) Received: (from wichert@localhost) by lightning.wiggy.net (8.9.1a/8.9.1/Debian/GNU) id QAA06420 for submit@bugs.debian.org; Sat, 26 Dec 1998 16:09:44 +0100 Date: Sat, 26 Dec 1998 16:09:44 +0100 From: Wichert Akkerman To: submit@bugs.debian.org Subject: dpkg will downgrade even if -G is given Message-ID: <19981226160944.A6395@cs.leidenuniv.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95i Package: dpkg Version: 1.4.0.31 While doing "dpkg -iGOEB *deb" in a directory I noticed this: Preparing to replace ssh 1.2.26-1 (using ssh_1.2.26-1.2.deb) ... Stopping Secure Shell server: sshd. Unpacking replacement ssh ... Preparing to replace ssh 1.2.26-1.2 (using ssh_1.2.26-1.deb) ... Unpacking replacement ssh ... After unpacking 1.2.26-1.2, going back to 1.2.25-1 is effectively a downgrade which replaces 1.2.26-1.2 again. Wichert. -- ============================================================================== This combination of bytes forms a message written to you by Wichert Akkerman. E-Mail: wakkerma@cs.leidenuniv.nl WWW: http://www.wi.leidenuniv.nl/~wichert/