* "Joachim" == Joachim Trinkwitz <jtr@uni-bonn.de> wrote: Joachim> Same here with gmc -- after an 'apt-get --compile source gmc' Joachim> another 'apt-get upgrade' will replace my newly compiled Joachim> package with the same version. Actually, this is by design and the reason the equivs package was rewritten. Unfortunately, I didn't take notes why apt behaves like this. Therefore, I crosspost this to the gurus. They can say for sure. Ciao, Martin