On 05/31/2014 09:38 AM, drupsspen wrote: > Hello. > > I have created a local package repository that I access over my local > network using NFS. I have so far used this repository for managing packages > that I want to install but that are not distributed with Debian. This works > fine but I have now run into a situation where I want to take a package > that already exists in Debian, change it and rebuild it and distribute on > my own machines. This creates a potential problem: > > The potential scenario is that I rebuild the source package with my changes > and installs it on my own machines. Some time later the version of the > package in Debian is updated slightly. My machines see that there is an > update in Debian and installs it, replacing the custom package including my > changes. > > Is there a way for me to configure Debian so that if a package is installed > from my local repository then updates to those packages should only be > installed from that same repository? > > Thank you!
As already pointed out, you can use APT-pinning. Another solution could be to increase the version number of your package so that it will always be above a Debian version and therefore ``updates'' will only be considered if they have a greater version, i.e. are updates to your modified version. HTH Linux-Fan -- http://masysma.ohost.de/
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