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Old 11-13-2008, 12:20 PM   #1
kozuch82
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Colon in version number (debian)


Hi,

I have no clue what a colon (":") in a version number of a debian package means. For example, list of my packages says 1:7.3+15 on the xserver-xorg.
 
Old 11-13-2008, 01:02 PM   #2
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That is an epoch to help override another version of the package that would otherwise supersede the epoched version.
 
  


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