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

[Sviatoslav Sviridov]

On 16 Jan 2003 07:49:04 +0100
Mathieu Roy <address@hidden> wrote:

> Michael Vogt <address@hidden> a tapotИ :
> 
> > 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.

Yes, I think it's better to show the latest downloadable version. The
case when this field would be empty is if I have locally installed
package that is not exist in repositories.

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