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[Anders Logg <logg@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 03:53:11PM +0100, Johannes Ring wrote:
> [cc-ing the the FEniCS Packages Team's mailing list]
>
> On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 3:31 PM, Anders Logg <logg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > What is the extra -2 in the version number?
>
> In Debian the version is 0.9.6-1 where 0.9.6 is the DOLFIN version and
> -1 is the revision in Debian. When creating a new package it is common
> to increase the Debian revision by 1 and then add some suffix
> afterwards, in this case ~ppa1~lucid1. This ensures that if version
> 0.9.6-2 is later added to Lucid then this package will be preferred
> over the package from the FEniCS PPA. This is because 0.9.6-2 >
> 0.9.6-2~ppa1~lucid1:
>
>   $ dpkg --compare-versions 0.9.6-2 gt 0.9.6-2~ppa1~lucid1 && echo Yes!
>   Yes!
>
> Johannes

ok, I think I get it.

--
Anders


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> > Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2010 14:26:09 -0000
> > Subject: [Build #1505361] amd64 build of dolfin 0.9.6-2~ppa1~lucid1 in ubuntu lucid RELEASE (fenics PPA)
> >
> >  * Source Package: dolfin
> >  * Version: 0.9.6-2~ppa1~lucid1
> >  * Architecture: amd64
> >  * Archive: fenics PPA
> >  * Component: main
> >  * State: Failed to build
> >  * Duration: six minutes
> >  * Build Log: https://launchpad.net/~fenics/+archive/ppa/+build/1505361/+files/buildlog_ubuntu-lucid-amd64.dolfin_0.9.6-2~ppa1~lucid1_FAILEDTOBUILD.txt.gz
> >  * Builder: https://launchpad.net/builders/actinium
> >  * Source: not available
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