* apt-pkg/pkgcachegen.cc:

  - merge versions correctly even if multiple different versions
    with the same version number are available.
    Thanks to Magnus Holmgren for the patch! (Closes: #351056)

2 files changed, 15 insertions, 17 deletions

diff --git a/apt-pkg/pkgcachegen.cc b/apt-pkg/pkgcachegen.cc
index 3eeb18cae..75a0e34f0 100644
--- a/apt-pkg/pkgcachegen.cc
+++ b/apt-pkg/pkgcachegen.cc
@@ -175,17 +175,22 @@ bool pkgCacheGenerator::MergeList(ListParser &List,
       pkgCache::VerIterator Ver = Pkg.VersionList();
       map_ptrloc *LastVer = &Pkg->VersionList;
       int Res = 1;
+      unsigned long const Hash = List.VersionHash();
       for (; Ver.end() == false; LastVer = &Ver->NextVer, Ver++)
       {
 	 Res = Cache.VS->CmpVersion(Version,Ver.VerStr());
-	 if (Res >= 0)
+	 // Version is higher as current version - insert here
+	 if (Res > 0)
 	    break;
+	 // Versionstrings are equal - is hash also equal?
+	 if (Res == 0 && Ver->Hash == Hash)
+	    break;
+	 // proceed with the next till we have either the right
+	 // or we found another version (which will be lower)
       }
-      
-      /* We already have a version for this item, record that we
-         saw it */
-      unsigned long Hash = List.VersionHash();
-      if (Res == 0 && Ver->Hash == Hash)
+
+      /* We already have a version for this item, record that we saw it */
+      if (Res == 0)
       {
 	 if (List.UsePackage(Pkg,Ver) == false)
 	    return _error->Error(_("Error occurred while processing %s (UsePackage2)"),
@@ -204,17 +209,6 @@ bool pkgCacheGenerator::MergeList(ListParser &List,
 	 }
 	 
 	 continue;
-      }      
-
-      // Skip to the end of the same version set.
-      if (Res == 0)
-      {
-	 for (; Ver.end() == false; LastVer = &Ver->NextVer, Ver++)
-	 {
-	    Res = Cache.VS->CmpVersion(Version,Ver.VerStr());
-	    if (Res != 0)
-	       break;
-	 }
       }
 
       // Add a new version
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index ddbf19214..bdafa70e8 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -35,6 +35,10 @@ apt (0.7.26) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
   * doc/makefile, doc/*:
     - generate subdirectories for building the manpages in on the fly
       depending on the po files we have.
+  * apt-pkg/pkgcachegen.cc:
+    - merge versions correctly even if multiple different versions
+      with the same version number are available.
+      Thanks to Magnus Holmgren for the patch! (Closes: #351056)
 
   [ Julian Andres Klode ]
   * cmdline/apt-mark: