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# `symbols-file-contains-debian-revision`

Debian revisions should be stripped from versions in symbols files. Not doing so leads to dependencies unsatisfiable by backports (1.0-1~bpo << 1.0-1 while 1.0-1~bpo >= 1.0). If the Debian revision can't be stripped because the symbol really appeared between two specific Debian revisions, you should postfix the version with a single "~" (example: 1.0-3~ if the symbol appeared in 1.0-3).

Severity: | `warning`
Experimental: | `false`

## See also

- the dpkg-gensymbols(1) manual page

- https://wiki.debian.org/UsingSymbolsFiles

- list of all the affected packages
- the source of this tag