>> So whats the point in having multiple versions of the same source
>> package?
>
> My guess: there are multiple versions of the binary packages depending
> on the architecture, and the archive kept the corresponding source
> packages.
Indeed -- gcc-snapshot has a habit of failing to build on some architectures
so it's not that there are lots of different versions in the Sources (or
Packages) for any one port. Either talking to UDD directly or using rmadison
can tell us more about this:
udd=> select version, architecture from packages where source = 'gcc-
snapshot' order by version;
version | architecture
---------------+----------------
20120313-1 | ia64
20120407-1+b1 | hurd-i386
20120704-1 | kfreebsd-amd64
20121008-1 | armel
20121106-1 | sparc
20121120-1 | armhf
20121120-1 | amd64
20121120-1 | mips
20121120-1 | mipsel
20121120-1 | powerpc
20121120-1 | s390
20121120-1 | s390x
20121120-1 | i386
(13 rows)
The buildd status [1] shows recent builds and build failures. Clicking on
"ia64" will show you that the last successful build of gcc-snapshot was the
20120313 version, which is why it's still there in the ia64 port.
[1] https://buildd.debian.org/status/package.php?p=gcc-snapshot&suite=sid
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