[issue24502] OS X 2.7 package has zeros for version numbers in sub-packages

Ned Deily added the comment: Right, that would be a good reason! I seem to recall that, when I initially tested flat-package building and installation, there were problems with pkgs not getting properly installed when version was set, possibly due to confusion between installs and upgrades.

[issue24502] OS X 2.7 package has zeros for version numbers in sub-packages

Jim Zajkowski added the comment: Among the problems this causes, we can't correctly track which version is present on our Macs (~6,000 systems) for upgrading. --Jim -- ___ Python tracker _

[issue24502] OS X 2.7 package has zeros for version numbers in sub-packages

Ned Deily added the comment: I assume you are talking about current Python 2.7 .pkg installers, like for 2.7.10. If so, we can probably fix that, but I'm curious as to what problems this causes. -- assignee: -> ned.deily ___ Python tracker

[issue24502] OS X 2.7 package has zeros for version numbers in sub-packages

New submission from Jim Zajkowski: The 2.7.0 download has zeros as version numbers on the .pkgs inside the metapackage, which leads to the package database showing an installed version of 0. e.g.: m-jamesez-darthpro:Downloads jamesez$ pkgutil --info org.python.Python.PythonApplications-2.7 p