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

[Michael Vogt]

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? 

bye,  
 Michael
 
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