Re: lie to apt

[Laurent Martelli <martelli@iie.cnam.fr>]

>>>>> "Jacob" == Jacob Meuser <jakemsr@clipper.net> writes:

  Jacob> Is there a way to manually edit the database that says which
  Jacob> packages are installed?  I set up a small system, using
  Jacob> potato, and am adding several packages from source.  I added
  Jacob> stuff like glib-1.2.8, tcl-8.32, tk8.3.2, etc.  How can I
  Jacob> tell apt that these packages are installed?  Or at least make
  Jacob> it think the potato version is installed.

You'd better build your own packages. 

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Laurent Martelli
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