Another setup v2.889 regression?

Houder houder@xs4all.nl
Mon Mar 5 12:50:00 GMT 2018


On 2018-03-04 23:25, Jon Turney wrote:
> On 04/03/2018 15:11, Houder wrote:
>> Because there are problems with setup v2.889, I decided to do
>> some testing of my own.
> 
> Thanks for reporting this.
> 
>> 2018/03/04 15:35:20 Augmented Transaction List:
>> 2018/03/04 15:35:20    0 install  cscope          15.8.0.1-2
>> 2018/03/04 15:35:20    1   erase  cscope             15.8b-1
>> 
>>  From override.hint on the "Twente" mirror:
>> 
>> curr: 15.8b-1
>> prev: 15.8.0.1-2
>> replace-versions: 15.8.0.1-2
>> 
>> As far as understand, setup should attempt to install v15.8b1
>> in case v15.8.0.1-2 is installed.
>> 
>> Not the other way around. (currently v15.8b-1 in installed).
> 
> Yeah, this isn't working as expected. Time for a bigger hammer...
> 
> The previous version has been re-designated as 15.8a-2 (to match what
> it identifies itself as with 'cscope -V').
> 
> This should make setup update to the most recent version, while still
> allowing the previous version to be offered as installable...

Uhm, bigger hammer ... you mean your modification will solve the problem
for cscope, but not for f.i. the *lz4* packages?

Henri

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