Re: apt-get wants toupgrade my kernel package to debian kernel package

[Erik Steffl <steffl@bigfoot.com>]

  thanks, it's all clear now (I also re-read the docs, I wasn't sure
what one would use epoch for...)

	erik


Colin Watson wrote:
> 
> Erik Steffl <steffl@bigfoot.com> wrote:
> >  I downloaded debian kernel source package (+ source for alsa modules
> >and 3dfx module).
> >
> >  I used make-kpkg to build the kernel (and later on alsa and 3dfx
> >modules). I specified jojda.1 as my kernel revision.
> >
> >  the resulting *.deb (kernel + modules) were succesfully installed, so
> >now I have:
> >
> >ih kernel-image-2.2.17   jojda.1   1:2.2.17-1
> >                         ^^^^^^^   ^^^^^^^^^^
> >                         current   new
> 
> The 1: is an epoch, which means that 1:anything is greater than any
> version number without an epoch, 2:anything is greater than 1:anything,
> etc. Try 10:jojda.1, or some similarly high epoch, if you don't want it
> to be replaced by Debian packages.
> 
> >  the same goes for alsa-modules-2.2.17:
> >
> >ih alsa-modules-2.2.17   0.5.9d-1+j1:0.5.9d-1
> >
> >   (there is only 'j' visible out of the jojda.1 string), how is
> >0.5.9d-1 newer then 0.5.9d-1+jojda.1 ?
> 
> [cjw44@riva ~]$ if dpkg --compare-versions 0.5.9d-1+jojda.1 lt 1:0.5.9d-1; \
> > then echo hello; fi
> hello
> 
> --
> Colin Watson                                     [cjw44@flatline.org.uk]
> 
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