Percona Server 5.6.17-66.0-608 is in epoch 0

[Aleksandr Kuzminsky]

apt-get refuses to upgrade from 5.6.15-rel63.0 to 5.6.17-66.0 .

The former version is in epoch 1 while 66.0 is in epoch 0

# apt-cache show percona-server-server-5.6 | grep Vers
Version: 1:5.6.15-rel63.0-519.precise
Version: 5.6.17-66.0-608.precise

[Jericho Rivera (jericho-rivera)]

Easy to confirm:

mysql> \s
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mysql Ver 14.14 Distrib 5.6.15, for Linux (x86_64) using EditLine wrapper

Connection id: 12
Current database:
Current user: root@localhost
SSL: Not in use
Current pager: stdout
Using outfile: ''
Using delimiter: ;
Server version: 5.6.15-63.0 Percona Server (GPL), Release 63.0
Protocol version: 10
Connection: Localhost via UNIX socket
Server characterset: latin1
Db characterset: latin1
Client characterset: latin1
Conn. characterset: latin1
UNIX socket: /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock
Uptime: 31 min 22 sec

Threads: 1 Questions: 12 Slow queries: 0 Opens: 67 Flush tables: 1 Open tables: 60 Queries per second avg: 0.006
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mysql> exit
Bye
root@9dc361aa3195:/tmp# apt-get upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
root@9dc361aa3195:/tmp# apt-cache show percona-server-server-5.6 | grep Vers
Version: 1:5.6.15-rel63.0-519.precise
Version: 5.6.17-66.0-608.precise

[Raghavendra D Prabhu (raghavendra-prabhu)]

I think this was done - epoch removed - when upstream packages were added.

[Shahriyar Rzayev (rzayev-sehriyar)]

Percona now uses JIRA for bug reports so this bug report is migrated to: https://jira.percona.com/browse/PS-794