Re: package compilation madness
On Wed, Feb 09, 2000 at 11:04:27AM -0800, Chris Waters wrote:
> Drew Parsons <dfparsons@ucdavis.edu> writes:
>
> > Running on the theory that it might help speed up my Pentium II system
> > (debatable, but that's beside the point), I've tried
> > recompiling a selection of packages with pentium optimisation, downloading
> > the debian source and running `./debian/rules binary`.
>
> > However, after having done this, every time I `apt-get upgrade`, these
> > packages get downloaded from the debian ftp server
>
> Ok, 1) this isn't really a laptop issue, and 2) yes, you're correct.
> Apt will assume you want the most up-to-date package, and, since the
> package on the ftp server is newer than the one you built, it gets
> preferred. The easy solution is to put the package on hold -- but
> this has the disadvantage that you *don't* get newer versions at all.
>
> Actually, it's not really about "newer", it's about having a
> version number that sorts later,
not really
Once I compiled 'mirror' program myself (i had to apply a patch) and
installed the resulting package. I don't remember what version it was, so
let's assume it was version 'X'.
After doing a apt-get upgrade apt downloaded and installed the debian
'mirror' package even though it had _the same_ version 'X' (it was stable
dist) _and_ it was older (I compiled my patched version _after_ the debian
package was available).
regards
Marcin
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