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Re: problem with version numbering in packages openssl and libssl1.0.0?

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On 2016-08-12, Daniel <daniel@zift.no> wrote:
> Is there a problem with the version numbering for the packages
> "openssl" and "libssl1.0.0"? It seems I get the version from
> jessie/main and that the version from jessie/updates/main is
> ignored because of the extra letter in the version number.
> Isn't 1.0.1k-3+deb8u5 the prefered version here? If so, then
> I suspect lots of Debian stable users are stuck on a version
> without the latest security patches, which I would consider
> very bad.
>
> Or is it just me being confused or have missed something?
>
> - Daniel
>
> ---Paste
>
> root:~# apt-get dist-upgrade
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree       
> Reading state information... Done
> Calculating upgrade... Done
> 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
> root:~#
> root:~# apt-cache policy libssl1.0.0
> libssl1.0.0:
>   Installed: 1.0.1t-1+deb8u2
>   Candidate: 1.0.1t-1+deb8u2
>   Version table:
>  *** 1.0.1t-1+deb8u2 0
>         500 http://ftp.no.debian.org/debian/ jessie/main amd64 Packages
>         100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
>      1.0.1k-3+deb8u5 0
>         500 http://security.debian.org/ jessie/updates/main amd64 Packages
> root:~#
> root:~# apt-cache policy openssl
> openssl:
>   Installed: 1.0.1t-1+deb8u2
>   Candidate: 1.0.1t-1+deb8u2
>   Version table:
>  *** 1.0.1t-1+deb8u2 0
>         500 http://ftp.no.debian.org/debian/ jessie/main amd64 Packages
>         100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
>      1.0.1k-3+deb8u5 0
>         500 http://security.debian.org/ jessie/updates/main amd64 Packages
> root:~#
>
> ---Paste ends

Note the letters 't' and 'k' in the version strings. Alpha-numeric
sorting makes 1.0.1t-1+deb8u2 the preferred version.

-- 

Liam

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problem with version numbering in packages openssl and libssl1.0.0? Daniel <daniel@zift.no> - 2016-08-12 11:20 +0200
  Re: problem with version numbering in packages openssl and  libssl1.0.0? Liam O'Toole <liam.p.otoole@gmail.com> - 2016-08-12 13:10 +0200
    Re: problem with version numbering in packages openssl and  libssl1.0.0? Daniel <daniel@zift.no> - 2016-08-12 15:20 +0200
      Re: problem with version numbering in packages openssl and  libssl1.0.0? Liam O'Toole <liam.p.otoole@gmail.com> - 2016-08-12 15:40 +0200
  Re: problem with version numbering in packages openssl and  libssl1.0.0? David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2016-08-12 15:30 +0200

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