Re: [Synaptic-devel] bugs: synaptic does not show available version of package if local version is newer

[Mathieu Roy]

Michael Vogt <address@hidden> a tapoté :

> On Tue, Jan 14, 2003 at 07:23:05PM +0100, Mathieu Roy wrote:
> > > synaptic does not show available version of package if local version is
> > > newer. is it correct?
> > 
> > Apparently, same behavior here.
> > I've got wmakerconf-2.8.1-1 installed, nothing shown in available field
> > while only wmakerconf-2.7.... (older) is available. 
> > 
> > It seems anomalous: while we have the same version installed than the
> > available one, available one is shown and it's a similar case.
> > 
> > Nothing should be shown in available field only when no package at all
> > is available, no? 
> > 
> > Or maybe the idea is to show in available only package available for
> > update? I would prefer get what is really available.
> 
> The cause for this problem are two things. First, synaptic shows only
> the newest available version (which is the local installed one) and
> checks then if this version is actually downloadable. This is usually
> not the case for local installed versions. So the available field is
> empty :/ 
> 
> So we should show the latest downloadable version in available? 

I think so, but that's just a point of view.


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Mathieu Roy
 
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