Packaging question

[Gerald Dachs]

Am Sat, 15 Sep 2007 15:55:43 -0400
schrieb "Peter (Ubuntu List)" <ubuntu at ourvirtualhome.com>:

> The old version has a version as 1:2.1.1, my version is a 2.2 but
> because of the 1: in front of the earlier version that one seems to be
> preferred.

In rpm packages the Number before the ":" is the epoch, I am not
sure how it is named in debian packages. But it seems to be the same,
look here
http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-controlfields.html in
paragraph 5.6.12. You have to use the same
epoch and a higher version or a higher epoch for you package, to get
choosen. If you don't use the epoch, then it is 0 and is not shown.

Hope this helps
Gerald