Hi all, I was wondering about the following. I login as root, then "cd /usr/src" then "dpkg-source -x /mnt/cdrom/(...)/bla.dsc". I customize the source and/ or compiling-options and issue "cd bla" and "debian/rules binary" in order to get a package bla.deb in /usr/src.
Then "dpkg -i bla.deb" and dpkg will replace any already installed binary bla-components. So far, everything is smooth and to my liking (I hope, I did do it correctly, I'm still a newbie at this?) I was wondering, what will happen, when I get another distribution and do e.g. an "apt-get dist-upgrade", will it then replace the bla-package with a newer version (if there is a newer version in the new distribution) or will it leave my customized package alone? Could anybody enlighten me? Thanks and kind regards Frederick
