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Adam Funk | 10 Jun 2011 12:12

deb version number (ping Thomas Wiegner)

Since upgrading from Ubuntu maverick to natty, I've been getting this
message a lot while using dpkg or aptitude:

#v+
dpkg-query: warning: parsing file '/var/lib/dpkg/status' near line 91930 package 'slrn':
 error in Version string 'pre1.0.0-26': version number does not start with a digit
#v-

I asked about it on ubuntu-users & got this suggestion:

  Contact the developer and ask them nicely to update their package
  naming convention?

  https://answers.launchpad.net/launchpad/+question/147533

What do you think?

BTW, the version in the natty repository is "1.0.0~pre18-1.1", so your
maverick version is still ahead.  :-0

thanks,
Adam

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Thomas Wiegner | 11 Jun 2011 14:29

Re: deb version number

* Adam Funk (a24061 <at> ducksburg.com) wrote [Fri, 110610 11:12]:

> Since upgrading from Ubuntu maverick to natty, I've been getting this
> message a lot while using dpkg or aptitude:

> #v+
> dpkg-query: warning: parsing file '/var/lib/dpkg/status' near line 91930 package 'slrn':
>  error in Version string 'pre1.0.0-26': version number does not start with a digit
> #v-

Yes. I also noticed that, when I upgraded to natty last week. I built
i386 packages for natty, where dpkg does not complain.

http://www.foory.de/thw/slrn/natty/

Cheers,

 Thomas

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Adam Funk | 11 Jun 2011 21:34

Re: deb version number

On 2011-06-11, Thomas Wiegner wrote:

> * Adam Funk (a24061 <at> ducksburg.com) wrote [Fri, 110610 11:12]:
>
>> Since upgrading from Ubuntu maverick to natty, I've been getting this
>> message a lot while using dpkg or aptitude:
>
>> #v+
>> dpkg-query: warning: parsing file '/var/lib/dpkg/status' near line 91930 package 'slrn':
>>  error in Version string 'pre1.0.0-26': version number does not start with a digit
>> #v-
>
> Yes. I also noticed that, when I upgraded to natty last week. I built
> i386 packages for natty, where dpkg does not complain.
>
> http://www.foory.de/thw/slrn/natty/

Wow, that was quick!  Thanks.

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Sven Guckes | 11 Jun 2011 16:04

Re: version number 1.2.3

* Adam Funk <a24061 <at> ducksburg.com> [2011-06-10 17:23]:
> Since upgrading from Ubuntu maverick to natty, I've been
> getting this message a lot while using dpkg or aptitude:
> 
> #v+
> dpkg-query: warning: parsing file '/var/lib/dpkg/status' near line 91930 package 'slrn':
>  error in Version string 'pre1.0.0-26': version number does not start with a digit
> #v-

can we please go back to version numbers like 1.2.3?  pretty please?
all this pre/alpha/beta foobar really doesnt make sense, anyway.

Sven

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