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Upload blocked by a none-existing package

Asked by Tong Sun

If you take a look at https://launchpadlibrarian.net/743332743/upload_3770513_log.txt,
you'll find that the build upload failed with "histring_1.1.1~ubuntu24.04.1_amd64.deb: Version older than that in the archive. 1.1.1~ubuntu24.04.1 <= 1.1.1-1.1.1-1-202408092047~ubuntu24.04.1"

However, if you check in https://launchpad.net/~suntong001/+archive/ubuntu/ppa/+packages,
you'll find that the "1.1.1-1.1.1-1-202408092047~ubuntu24.04.1" blocking version doesn't exist there.

I was trying different package build-versions, and I think launchpad should allow people to explore and make mistakes. Else, one single mistake can prevent me uploading a good version with a good version schema for good, as the histring haven't change for over 20 years, and it wont' for the foreseeable future,

How can I delete a deleted package permanently from launchpad, so that I can upload my good-version one again? thx.

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Best Guruprasad (lgp171188) said : 		#1

Hi Tong,

As documented in https://help.launchpad.net/Packaging/UploadErrors#Apparently_successful_upload_followed_by_a_rejection_email, Launchpad doesn't allow reusing version numbers by design, even if the uploaded content for an existing version has been deleted. So the only way to resolve this issue is to increment the version and make it a newer and a unique value.

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Tong Sun (suntong001) said : 		#2

Thanks Guruprasad, that solved my question.