Re: apt-get upgrading packages of same version

[cjw44@flatline.org.uk (Colin Watson)]

CaT <cat@zip.com.au> wrote:
>Then I do my apt-get dist-upgrade hoping that the rest of the utilities
>will be uploaded nicely and glibc will (obviously) be left alone as the
>version installed is the same as that it would want to d/l but...

If you recompile a package yourself, increment the version number (by
adding an entry to the top of debian/changelog) by 0.0.1. That way even
binary-only recompiles in the archive will get to you, but your own
changes will be preserved if the version number in the archive stays the
same.

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Colin Watson                                     [cjw44@flatline.org.uk]