jordansissel/fpm — comment on commit dee3ddc5d357ebbbc92592c2d659bce6cd44da6e
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By mblair:

Ah, I was mistaken. The Version control field contains the epoch, it just differs from the filename (and that's just fine).

For others who stumble upon this:

http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-faq/ch-pkg_basics.en.html#s-pkgname

Thanks!