--- UpdateManager.epoch	2006-05-24 16:14:21.000000000 +0100
+++ UpdateManager.py	2006-06-23 23:41:27.000000000 +0100
@@ -146,26 +146,38 @@
             # do only get the lines that are new
             alllines = ""
             regexp = "^%s \((.*)\)(.*)$" % (re.escape(srcpkg))
+	    re_version = re.compile(regexp)
 
             i=0
-            while True:
-                line = changelog.readline()
-                #print line
-                if line == "":
-                    break
-                match = re.match(regexp,line)
-                if match:
-		    # FIXME: the installed version can have a epoch, but th
-		    #        changelog does not have one, we do a dumb
-		    #        approach here and just strip it away, but I'm
-		    #        sure that this can lead to problems
-		    installed = pkg.installedVersion
-		    if installed and ":" in installed:
-			    installed = installed.split(":",1)[1]
-                    if installed and apt_pkg.VersionCompare(match.group(1),installed) <= 0:
+            installed = pkg.installedVersion
+            #print installed
+            # if we have no version number don't do version parsing because
+            # we will show the full log anyway
+            if not installed:
+                alllines = changelog.read()
+            else:
+                # FIXME: the installed version can have a epoch, but th
+                #        changelog does not have one, we do a dumb
+                #        approach here and just strip it away, but I'm
+                #        sure that this can lead to problems
+                if ":" in installed:
+                    installed = installed.split(":",1)[1]
+                while True:
+                    line = changelog.readline()
+                    #print line
+                    if line == "":
                         break
-                    # EOF (shouldn't really happen)
-                alllines = alllines + line
+                    match = re_version.match(line)
+                    if match:
+                        changelogver = match.group(1)
+                        # strip off the epoch
+                        if ":" in changelogver:
+                            changelogver = changelogver.split(":",1)[1]
+
+                        if apt_pkg.VersionCompare(changelogver,installed) <= 0:
+                            break
+                        # EOF (shouldn't really happen)
+                    alllines = alllines + line
 
             # only write if we where not canceld
             if lock.locked():