Re: outdated packages
Try downloading the deb source, patching the source, and then using
dpkg-buildpackage or dpkg --build. (Check the man pages.) Make sure
you get the source from the debian website or with apt, if you have
the deb-src lines in sources.list, as it will contain debian
subdirectory in the source tree, which is needed by dpkg to build
debs.
Marshal
>>>>> "Jerry" == Jerry J Jaskierny <jaskiern@fscked.org> writes:
> there are several packages included in debian archives that are
> outdated. instead of installing the outdated ones, in some
> cases are useless to me, i want to compile an updated copy of
> the source. i'm trying to figure out how i can compile this
> source, and let dpkg/dselect know that they've been installed.
> my first problem was alsa. i had to compile and updated copy of
> alsa. Esound needs to be installed with support with alsa, but
> dpkg doesn't know that alsa has been installed, causing an
> irritating chain of dependencies and problems. does anyone know
> how to fix this? i'm sure this has been answered before, but i
> couldn't find it anywhere in the archives. and please reply to
> this address, as i am not currently subscribed to the mailing
> list. thank you. jerry jaskierny
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