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[Bug 1406825] Re: xscreensaver complains "This version of xscreensaver is VERY OLD!"

 

Your statement is simply false. This _is_ how Ubuntu works for some
packages, e.g., PostgreSQL. Why should it not work with xscreensaver?

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Title:
  xscreensaver complains "This version of xscreensaver is VERY OLD!"

Status in One Hundred Papercuts:
  Confirmed
Status in xscreensaver package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Early minutes of year 2015 and the xscreensaver complains that "This
  version of xscreensaver is VERY OLD!" in this dialog:
  http://i.imgur.com/VUCQfun.png?1

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10
  Package: xscreensaver 5.26-1ubuntu3
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-28.38-lowlatency 3.16.7-ckt1
  Uname: Linux 3.16.0-28-lowlatency x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.14.7-0ubuntu8
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: XFCE
  Date: Thu Jan  1 00:44:38 2015
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2011-11-13 (1144 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012)
  SourcePackage: xscreensaver
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to utopic on 2014-10-25 (67 days ago)

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