In <20090602162813.ga24...@fantomas.sk>, Matus UHLAR - fantomas wrote: >I tried to locally recompile package "wwwoffle" because of some bugs in > it. I have not changed the version hoping that the same version prevents > apt from upgrading it. > >However apt runs "upgrade" while reinstalling the same version of package. >Is there any way to tune this behaviour? > >I haven't changed the version so if any new version appeared in archive, I >want to have it upgraded...
Alter the version number, but use something really "small" so the next version uploaded by a DD will trump yours. e.g. If the bugs are in a native package version 1.2.3, make your version 1.2.3local1 e.g. If the bugs are in a non-native package (I think wwwoffle is non- native) version 1.2-2lenny1, make your version 1.2-2lenny1local1. (If you end up needing to add more changes, you can increment the number following "local".) You can always test how the packaging system will sort version numbers by using: dpkg --compare-versions version_1 lt version_2; echo $? (0 = true; 1 = false) Alternatively, you could probably do version-pinning via origin, but I'm not sure about the specifics of that. -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. b...@iguanasuicide.net ((_/)o o(\_)) ICQ: 514984 YM/AIM: DaTwinkDaddy `-'(. .)`-' http://iguanasuicide.net/ \_/
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