Bug#2059: dpkg and depend on versions

1996-01-07 Thread Ian Jackson
Erick Branderhorst writes ("Re: Bug#2059: dpkg and depend on versions"): > Yes, I'm sure, the transcription was in chronological order. I didn't > understand > the `5' either. Chronological order ? > I was thinking that perhaps the < was causing

Bug#2059: dpkg and depend on versions

1996-01-05 Thread Erick Branderhorst
> > Erick Branderhorst writes ("Bug#2059: dpkg and depend on versions"): > > Package: dpkg > > Version: 1.0.8 > > > > I installed the man package (2.3.10-6) succesfully. After that I tried > > to upgrade the libgdbm1 package (1.7.3-8). During i

Re: Bug#2059: dpkg and depend on versions

1996-01-05 Thread Richard Kettlewell
Ian Jackson wrote: >Note that < means less-than-or-equal-to in this context. Could dpkg also support using <= for this meaning please? (Or does it already?) Having to write < to mean <= is far from optimal; I think it's something we should aim to get away from at some point. -- Richard Kettlew

Bug#2059: dpkg and depend on versions

1996-01-05 Thread Ian Jackson
Erick Branderhorst writes ("Bug#2059: dpkg and depend on versions"): > Package: dpkg > Version: 1.0.8 > > I installed the man package (2.3.10-6) succesfully. After that I tried > to upgrade the libgdbm1 package (1.7.3-8). During installation of > libgdbm1 dpkg report

Bug#2059: dpkg and depend on versions

1995-12-21 Thread Erick Branderhorst
Package: dpkg Version: 1.0.8 I installed the man package (2.3.10-6) succesfully. After that I tried to upgrade the libgdbm1 package (1.7.3-8). During installation of libgdbm1 dpkg reports about libgdbm1 conflicting with man (<2.3.10-6) and that man (version 2.3.10-5) is installed. - Why is it re