Re: manual update of apt database (was Best way to update perl on Woody Stable?)

[charlie derr <cderr@simons-rock.edu>]

Rod Rodolico wrote:

> > or
> >
> > 3. (if you have a lot of time on your hands)
> >
> >   download the debianised source for perl 5.8 from "unstable" and
> >   recompile it on your woody system. do the same for any module
> >   packages that you need. i.e. backport the new perl to the old debian.
> >
> >   a lot of people recommend this method. personally, i find it to be
> >   far too time consuming, for very little benefit. far easier (and much
> >   better tested) to just run unstable.
> >
> >    
>
> Back to my original question. At this point, how do you tell apt that the package is
> installed. 

If i'm understanding the question correctly, you would simply do:

# echo perl hold | dpkg --set-selections

(and repeat the command for all the specific packages (deb files) you've 
built/installed)


   good luck,
      ~c