On Wed, Feb 22, 2017 at 11:11:27PM +0900, Mark Fletcher wrote: > The only thing I'd add here is that in this case, I'd create a dummy > Debian package with no contents but an appropriate version number and > dependencies, and install it, so the system knows it is there and the > dependent libraries are depended on. This way when upgrades happen APT > will tell you if there is going to be a problem upgrading the libraries > instead of just doing it and breaking the package you built from source.
Not a bad idea. You can use equivs to achieve this (although equivs could do with a rewrite IMHO) -- Jonathan Dowland Please do not CC me, I am subscribed to the list.
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