On Fri, Aug 12, 2016 at 11:24:31AM +0100, Liam O'Toole wrote: > On 2016-08-12, Daniel <dan...@zift.no> wrote: > > Is there a problem with the version numbering for the packages > > "openssl" and "libssl1.0.0"? It seems I get the version from > > jessie/main and that the version from jessie/updates/main is > > ignored because of the extra letter in the version number. > > Isn't 1.0.1k-3+deb8u5 the prefered version here? If so, then > > I suspect lots of Debian stable users are stuck on a version > > without the latest security patches, which I would consider > > very bad. > > > > Or is it just me being confused or have missed something? > > --Snip > > root:~# apt-cache policy openssl > > openssl: > > Installed: 1.0.1t-1+deb8u2 > > Candidate: 1.0.1t-1+deb8u2 > > Version table: > > *** 1.0.1t-1+deb8u2 0 > > 500 http://ftp.no.debian.org/debian/ jessie/main amd64 Packages > > 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status > > 1.0.1k-3+deb8u5 0 > > 500 http://security.debian.org/ jessie/updates/main amd64 Packages > > root:~# > > > > ---Paste ends > > Note the letters 't' and 'k' in the version strings. Alpha-numeric > sorting makes 1.0.1t-1+deb8u2 the preferred version. > > -- > > Liam > I know. I just wondered if that was the intention. I would think that the one in jessie/updates/main is usually prefered over the ones from jessie/main
- Daniel
