Debian package version problem

[SuperQ]

Unfortunately, it looks like something will need to be changed to fix the SqueezeCenter 7.0 release package to make Debian updates work properly.

My version:
ii squeezecenter 7.0-17610 Streaming Audio Server

Of course the version in the stable repo is:
Package: squeezecenter
Version: 7.0

apt considers this older than what is installed.

Would it be possible to continue adding the build number or tag it as 7.0-release?

[Mitch Harding]

I hit the same issue and just did a force install to get around it.
Not sure if that's ideal or not, but it worked.

On Tue, Mar 4, 2008 at 11:03 AM, SuperQ
<SuperQ.35rcib1204650301 (AT) no-mx (DOT) forums.slimdevices.com> wrote:
>
> Unfortunately, it looks like something will need to be changed to fix
> the SqueezeCenter 7.0 release package to make Debian updates work
> properly.
>
> My version:
> ii squeezecenter 7.0-17610 Streaming Audio Server
>
> Of course the version in the stable repo is:
> Package: squeezecenter
> Version: 7.0
>
> apt considers this older than what is installed.
>
> Would it be possible to continue adding the build number or tag it as
> 7.0-release?
>
>
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[Ben Sandee]

On Tue, Mar 4, 2008 at 11:03 AM, SuperQ <
SuperQ.35rcib1204650301 (AT) no-mx (...limdevices.com> wrote:

>
> Unfortunately, it looks like something will need to be changed to fix
> the SqueezeCenter 7.0 release package to make Debian updates work
> properly.


They simply didn't factor in people switching between
unstable/testing/stable. If you were running stable before then the upgrade
would work fine. I suspect you already know this, but you can simply force
the install by downloading the .deb and using dpkg -i slimserver.deb.

Ben

[Muggy]

I've been using the 7.0 beta installed via apt-get from the testing repo. To get the released 7.0 to install I updated my sources.list to include stable main rather than testing then used:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install squeezecenter/stable

answered yes to the warning about downgrading and it all seems to have gone ok.

[SuperQ]

On Tue, Mar 4, 2008 at 11:03 AM, SuperQ <
SuperQ.35rcib1204650301 (AT) no-mx (...limdevices.com> wrote:

>
> Unfortunately, it looks like something will need to be changed to fix
> the SqueezeCenter 7.0 release package to make Debian updates work
> properly.


They simply didn't factor in people switching between
unstable/testing/stable. If you were running stable before then the upgrade
would work fine. I suspect you already know this, but you can simply force
the install by downloading the .deb and using dpkg -i slimserver.deb.

Ben

Yea, I suppose you're right. Switching between unstable/testing/stable releases isn't a feature that a lot of people would use. I know I can just force the "downgrade" since I know it's a newer build. I just figured it would be nice if going from beta to release would be more smooth. I guess this is why Debian/Ubuntu releases name their branches things like Gutsy.

Maybe it would be good to do the symlink thing for slimdevices.

stable -> 7.0
testing -> 7.0.1
unstable -> HEAD

That way I could pin my apt config to something like this:

deb http://debian.slimdevices.com 7.0.1 main

And people who just want stable can use that. I still like the idea of marking '-release'.