[Bug 1128090] Re: update manager tries to reinstall old version of gtk-gnutella

[Dave Lentz]

Making '-' come before '.' would have disastrous consequences. The real
problem is with the 3rd-party package from gtk-gnutella (so I'm marking
this bug Invalid).

To work around the issue, just hold the gtk-gnutella package:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PinningHowto#Introduction_to_Holding_Packages

** Changed in: update-manager (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Invalid

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Title:
  update manager tries to reinstall old version of gtk-gnutella

Status in “update-manager” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  I have gtk-gnutella version 0.98-4 installed. I installed it from the
  gtk-gnutella site. Update manager insists that it has a newer version
  0.98.2 and keeps offering to install it each day. I think the problem
  is that the gtk-nutella developers use the dash in the version number
  whereas update manager uses a dot. Since dash is earlier than dot in
  the ASCII order, "-4" appears to be earlier than ".2". Would it be
  possible for update manager to be made to give equal weight to dot and
  dash in version numbers? I think this would solve a very annoying
  daily task. Thank you.

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