On Wed, Feb 09, 2000 at 11:04:27AM -0800, Chris Waters wrote: > Drew Parsons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Running on the theory that it might help speed up my Pentium II system > > (debatable, but that's beside the point), I've tried > > recompiling a selection of packages with pentium optimisation, downloading > > the debian source and running `./debian/rules binary`. > > > However, after having done this, every time I `apt-get upgrade`, these > > packages get downloaded from the debian ftp server > > Ok, 1) this isn't really a laptop issue, and 2) yes, you're correct. > Apt will assume you want the most up-to-date package, and, since the > package on the ftp server is newer than the one you built, it gets > preferred. The easy solution is to put the package on hold -- but > this has the disadvantage that you *don't* get newer versions at all. > > Actually, it's not really about "newer", it's about having a > version number that sorts later,
not really Once I compiled 'mirror' program myself (i had to apply a patch) and installed the resulting package. I don't remember what version it was, so let's assume it was version 'X'. After doing a apt-get upgrade apt downloaded and installed the debian 'mirror' package even though it had _the same_ version 'X' (it was stable dist) _and_ it was older (I compiled my patched version _after_ the debian package was available). regards Marcin -- --------------------------------- Marcin Owsiany [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------------------
