3 files changed, 32 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/apt-pkg/deb/deblistparser.cc b/apt-pkg/deb/deblistparser.cc
index b11d2531c..d0dc7a260 100644
--- a/apt-pkg/deb/deblistparser.cc
+++ b/apt-pkg/deb/deblistparser.cc
@@ -504,11 +504,12 @@ bool debListParser::ParseProvides(pkgCache::VerIterator Ver)
       Start = ParseDepends(Start,Stop,Package,Version,Op);
       if (Start == 0)
 	 return _error->Error("Problem parsing Provides line");
-      if (Op != pkgCache::Dep::NoOp)
-	 return _error->Error("Malformed provides line");
-
-      if (NewProvides(Ver,Package,Version) == false)
-	 return false;
+      if (Op != pkgCache::Dep::NoOp) {
+	 _error->Warning("Ignoring Provides line with DepCompareOp for package %s", Package.c_str());
+      } else {
+	 if (NewProvides(Ver,Package,Version) == false)
+	    return false;
+      }
 
       if (Start == Stop)
 	 break;
diff --git a/apt-pkg/deb/debversion.cc b/apt-pkg/deb/debversion.cc
index aeee61929..064d8fa5b 100644
--- a/apt-pkg/deb/debversion.cc
+++ b/apt-pkg/deb/debversion.cc
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ int debVersioningSystem::CmpFragment(const char *A,const char *AEnd,
    }
 
    /* Iterate over the whole string
-      What this does is to spilt the whole string into groups of
+      What this does is to split the whole string into groups of
       numeric and non numeric portions. For instance:
          a67bhgs89
       Has 4 portions 'a', '67', 'bhgs', '89'. A more normal:
@@ -140,6 +140,27 @@ int debVersioningSystem::DoCmpVersion(const char *A,const char *AEnd,
    if (rhs == BEnd)
       rhs = B;
    
+   // Special case: a zero epoch is the same as no epoch,
+   // so remove it.
+   if (lhs != A)
+   {
+      for (; *A == '0'; ++A);
+      if (A == lhs)
+      {
+	 ++A;
+	 ++lhs;
+      }
+   }
+   if (rhs != B)
+   {
+      for (; *B == '0'; ++B);
+      if (B == rhs)
+      {
+	 ++B;
+	 ++rhs;
+      }
+   }
+
    // Compare the epoch
    int Res = CmpFragment(A,lhs,B,rhs);
    if (Res != 0)
diff --git a/apt-pkg/deb/dpkgpm.cc b/apt-pkg/deb/dpkgpm.cc
index fe8fbca74..667db8ff2 100644
--- a/apt-pkg/deb/dpkgpm.cc
+++ b/apt-pkg/deb/dpkgpm.cc
@@ -375,8 +375,8 @@ bool pkgDPkgPM::Go(int OutStatusFd)
       },
       // Purge operation
       { 
-	 {"config-files", _("Preparing for remove with config %s")},
-	 {"not-installed", _("Removed with config %s")},
+	 {"config-files", _("Preparing to completely remove %s")},
+	 {"not-installed", _("Completely removed %s")},
 	 {NULL, NULL}
       },
    };
@@ -623,8 +623,8 @@ bool pkgDPkgPM::Go(int OutStatusFd)
 	    'status: conffile-prompt: conffile : 'current-conffile' 'new-conffile' useredited distedited
 	    
 	 */
-	 char* list[4];
-	 TokSplitString(':', line, list, 5);
+	 char* list[5];
+	 TokSplitString(':', line, list, sizeof(list)/sizeof(list[0]));
 	 char *pkg = list[1];
 	 char *action = _strstrip(list[2]);