> 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...
On 02.06.09 13:30, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > 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. is 1.2.3lenny1 more than 1.2.3local1? I would want that to get upgraded... that's why I did not increment the version, I don't know what small changes could debian developers use in next version numbers... > Alternatively, you could probably do version-pinning via origin, but I'm not > sure about the specifics of that. The only thing I need i not to upgrade when version number matches... -- Matus UHLAR - fantomas, uh...@fantomas.sk ; http://www.fantomas.sk/ Warning: I wish NOT to receive e-mail advertising to this address. Varovanie: na tuto adresu chcem NEDOSTAVAT akukolvek reklamnu postu. Christian Science Programming: "Let God Debug It!". -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
