Re: Replacing kernel packages via apt
On Thu, 2002-06-20 at 19:24, Derrick 'dman' Hudson wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 20, 2002 at 12:58:21PM +0200, Patrick Ohly wrote:
>
> | I have built a patched kernel 2.4.18 with make-kpkg
>
> | I used epochs,
>
> Unnecessary.
I thought so, and I only did it after using my own version didn't
seem to be enough.
> Just make the version different (eg "custom.3").
As I said, I used --revision=3:pallas.2.1 (and --revision=pallas.2.1
before that).
> | "apt-get install kernel-headers-2.4.18" insists that the installed
> | 2.4.18-5 is the most recent one, and dselect also shows this
> | version under "available".
>
> | Any idea why? Of course I could use "dpkg -i" as a workaround, but
> | I'd like to understand the problem.
>
> The reason is that you haven't put your package in a repository that
> apt can query.
I did that:
> I generated a Package.gz and changed the sources.list so that
> apt-get correctly finds my kernel-image-2.4.18 with revision
> pallas.2.1.
I believe I did this correctly, because I can do an
"apt-get --reinstall install" on my own packages, and because
dselect shows these packages as available. I had installed other
custom kernel packages before with dpkg without bothering about
apt and then these were indeed "local/obsolete" packages.
> You would need to make a directory laid out like the
> pools on http.us.debian.org
I haven't bothered to recreate the same directory structure,
as the entry in Debian FAQ and various mails on this list point
out that a flat directory is okay, too.
Using dpkg directly instead of apt is less suitable for me,
because these packages are to be installed on several machines
where I need to do an "apt-get update; apt-get upgrade" anyway.
Thanks for the reply, though. I hope I expressed myself more
clearly now.
(OT: and thanks for testing roundup - I haven't got enough time
to do it myself, but want to use 0.4.2 as soon as it will be
available)
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Freundliche Gruesse / Best Regards
Patrick Ohly
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