For example, in Ubuntu 14.04, dpkg -l bind9 outputs:
||/ Name Version Architecture Description
+++-===============-============================-================================================
ii bind9 1:9.9.5.dfsg-3ubuntu0.15 amd64 Internet Domain Name Server
The version, 1:9.9.5.dfsg-3ubuntu0.15, looks like it is comprised of many pieces of information. How many sections are there in this Version field, and what are the meanings of them?
From some vague webpage, some conclusions which also needed further confirmation:
1in1:9.9.5.dfsg-3ubuntu0.15- epoch9.9.5.dfsg- upstream-version,dfsgin9.9.5.dfsg--- see What does dsfg as a part of package names mean?3ubuntu0.15- debian-revision3in3ubuntu0.15- see this #debian-revision (thanks to @Rinzwind)
To be solved:
ubuntu0.15in3ubuntu0.15?0.15in3ubuntu0.15?