On Thu, 2002-06-20 at 19:24, Derrick 'dman' Hudson wrote: > On Thu, Jun 20, 2002 at 12:58:21PM +0200, Patrick Ohly wrote: > > | I have built a patched kernel 2.4.18 with make-kpkg > > | I used epochs, > > Unnecessary.
I thought so, and I only did it after using my own version didn't seem to be enough. > Just make the version different (eg "custom.3"). As I said, I used --revision=3:pallas.2.1 (and --revision=pallas.2.1 before that). > | "apt-get install kernel-headers-2.4.18" insists that the installed > | 2.4.18-5 is the most recent one, and dselect also shows this > | version under "available". > > | Any idea why? Of course I could use "dpkg -i" as a workaround, but > | I'd like to understand the problem. > > The reason is that you haven't put your package in a repository that > apt can query. I did that: > I generated a Package.gz and changed the sources.list so that > apt-get correctly finds my kernel-image-2.4.18 with revision > pallas.2.1. I believe I did this correctly, because I can do an "apt-get --reinstall install" on my own packages, and because dselect shows these packages as available. I had installed other custom kernel packages before with dpkg without bothering about apt and then these were indeed "local/obsolete" packages. > You would need to make a directory laid out like the > pools on http.us.debian.org I haven't bothered to recreate the same directory structure, as the entry in Debian FAQ and various mails on this list point out that a flat directory is okay, too. Using dpkg directly instead of apt is less suitable for me, because these packages are to be installed on several machines where I need to do an "apt-get update; apt-get upgrade" anyway. Thanks for the reply, though. I hope I expressed myself more clearly now. (OT: and thanks for testing roundup - I haven't got enough time to do it myself, but want to use 0.4.2 as soon as it will be available) -- Freundliche Gruesse / Best Regards Patrick Ohly Software Engineer -------------------------------------------------------------------- //// pallas Pallas GmbH / Hermuelheimer Str. 10 / 50321 Bruehl / Germany [EMAIL PROTECTED] / www.pallas.com Tel +49-2232-1896-30 / Fax +49-2232-1896-29 -------------------------------------------------------------------- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
