Bug#660924: package manager sees version 2.0.0-1 as "older" than version 1:1.1.13-0.0

[Fabian Greffrath]

Am 22.02.2012 22:26, schrieb James:
> Well, Reinhard, with a "slap in the face" kind of response like that, I'm
> inclined to denigrate your intelligence and your breeding.  But instead, let

You didn't just write that to Reinhard and still expect anyone to help 
you get your screwed-up package dependencies right, he?

> Reinhard, if you don't know what to do about the problem, then let someone
> more qualified handle it, instead of just "closing the bug".

Let me give you a similar advice: You shouldn't fuck up your package 
dependency chain by installing unofficial packages from third-party 
repositories if you don't know what you are doing!

> 	Get: 3 http://www.debian-multimedia.org/ wheezy/main vlc i386 1:1.1.13-0.0 [1,392 kB]

Does this look like a Debian mirror to you?

> Is there a problem with the vlc package "version" numbers?  In the old
> version?  In the new version?

The 1:1.1.3-0.0 version on d-m.o has an epoch "1:" added to its 
version number that makes it always appear higher than the 2.0.0-1 one 
from the official Debian repository. That's the solution, no personal 
insult required.