FS#70183 - [perl-algorithm-diff] version number decreased

Attached to Project: Community Packages
Opened by Chris Billington (chrisjbillington) - Saturday, 27 March 2021, 12:50 GMT
Last edited by Sergej Pupykin (sergej) - Saturday, 27 March 2021, 16:57 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages
Status Closed
Assigned To Sergej Pupykin (sergej)
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
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Details

The latest version of perl-algorithm-diff in the repos is 1.201-1. The version before that was 1.1903-6.

Therefore pacman does not upgrade the package when running a system upgrade, saying:

warning: perl-algorithm-diff: local (1.1903-6) is newer than community (1.201-1)

If this is a one-off, then the epoch of the package should be bumped to ensure the new version counts as an upgrade in version comparisons.

If this is not a one-off but the nature of how perl-algorithm-diff does their version numbers, then perhaps the version number should be padded on the right with zeros or something like that (whatever makes sense given their version number scheme) to ensure it always increases numerically.
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Closed by  Sergej Pupykin (sergej)
Saturday, 27 March 2021, 16:57 GMT
Reason for closing:  Fixed

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