Description of Problem: up2date wishes to 'update' packages that are more recent than the package on its server. up2date is version 2.5.4.1 How Reproducible: consistently. Steps to Reproduce: 1. get current gnomeicu (0.96.1)from gnomeicu.gdev.net and install 2. run up2date Actual Results: up2date will want to 'update' gnomeicu 0.96.1 to 0.94.1 Expected Results: gnomeicu shouldn't appear in list of potential updates. Additional Information: same problem for grip 2.94
The packages in question have an Epoch: set, almost certainly.
Indeed. Pretty much all of our gnome related packages have an epoch set. If the thirdparty packages dont, that would cause this error.
Jay, looks like this is a feature. :-) Can we close this one?