[SOLVED] warning: dub: local is newer than community.

a821 · 2015-02-16 20:46:46

Hi,

Today I noticed this warning while updating my system

warning: dub: local (0.9.22-2) is newer than community (v0.9.22.r198.g83b2926-1)

I know you get similar warnings when you install from testing and/or with custom-compiled packages with newer versions than the repos. That is the not case. I installed dub a couple of weeks ago from official repos.

$ grep dub /var/log/pacman.log
[2015-02-01 11:38] [PACMAN] Running 'pacman -S dub'
[2015-02-01 11:39] [ALPM] installed dub (0.9.22-2)

I think the problem is that pacman thinks 0.9.22-2 > v0.9.22.r198.g83b2926-1 when it should be the other way around.
The commit 83b2926 is dub's latest [1], so obviously v0.9.22.r198.g83b2926-1 is the latest version. Maybe a packaging error?

Here is the full pacman output from today.

$ sudo pacman -Syu
:: Synchronizing package databases...
 core is up to date
 extra                                             1791.5 KiB  1361K/s 00:01 [###########################################] 100%
 community                                            2.5 MiB  1802K/s 00:01 [###########################################] 100%
 multilib is up to date
 infinality-bundle is up to date
 infinality-bundle-fonts is up to date
 infinality-bundle-multilib is up to date
:: Starting full system upgrade...
warning: dub: local (0.9.22-2) is newer than community (v0.9.22.r198.g83b2926-1)
resolving dependencies...
looking for conflicting packages...

Packages (3) ghostscript-9.15-2  python-setuptools-1:12.2-1  python2-setuptools-1:12.2-1

Total Download Size:   12.84 MiB
Total Installed Size:  64.26 MiB
Net Upgrade Size:       0.66 MiB

:: Proceed with installation? [Y/n] y
:: Retrieving packages ...
 ghostscript-9.15-2-x86_64                           12.8 MiB  1781K/s 00:07 [###########################################] 100%
(3/3) checking keys in keyring                                               [###########################################] 100%
(3/3) checking package integrity                                             [###########################################] 100%
(3/3) loading package files                                                  [###########################################] 100%
(3/3) checking for file conflicts                                            [###########################################] 100%
(3/3) checking available disk space                                          [###########################################] 100%
(1/3) upgrading ghostscript                                                  [###########################################] 100%
(2/3) upgrading python-setuptools                                            [###########################################] 100%
(3/3) upgrading python2-setuptools                                           [###########################################] 100%

Bye!

[1] https://github.com/D-Programming-Langua … its/master

Last edited by a821 (2015-02-17 17:40:36)

bstaletic · 2015-02-16 20:52:15

The quick and dirty WORKAROUND would be to use -Suu which would allow downgrade (since pacman thinks the new version has lower number). However this workaround should not be taken for granted, as these things should not happen.

a821 · 2015-02-16 21:19:24

Hi, thanks, -Suu allowed the "downgrade" of the package. Good to know! I thought to just manually download the package and apply -U. I agree that this should not happen...

Trilby · 2015-02-16 21:21:48

It looks like it could be a packaging bug - you could check our bugtracker and report it if it's not already there. The version number was likely parsed/convered before, but now it is not. Even if this change was intentional, it should have an incremented epoch number.

a821 · 2015-02-16 22:35:57

OK. I submitted a bug report: https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/43849.

anatolik · 2015-02-16 22:58:01

The new version "v0.9.22.r198.g83b2926-1" should not have "v" prefix. This is clearly a packaging bug.

a821 · 2015-02-17 17:41:46

Great! I new version without the "v" prefix was pushed and the update worked. Marked as SOLVED.

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#1 2015-02-16 20:46:46

[SOLVED] warning: dub: local is newer than community.

#2 2015-02-16 20:52:15

Re: [SOLVED] warning: dub: local is newer than community.

#3 2015-02-16 21:19:24

Re: [SOLVED] warning: dub: local is newer than community.

#4 2015-02-16 21:21:48

Re: [SOLVED] warning: dub: local is newer than community.

#5 2015-02-16 22:35:57

Re: [SOLVED] warning: dub: local is newer than community.

#6 2015-02-16 22:58:01

Re: [SOLVED] warning: dub: local is newer than community.

#7 2015-02-17 17:41:46

Re: [SOLVED] warning: dub: local is newer than community.

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