Re: APT overrules self-compiled packages
On Mon, Aug 12, 2002 at 05:23:06AM +0200, KennyD wrote:
> I tried to (re-)compile some debian packages on my machine using
> apt-get source and dpkg-buildpackage - like I did for years, when I was
> running potato - just to have optimized code for my AMD K7. But unlike
> potato's apt, woody's apt reinstalls every selfcompiled package using
> sources.list everytime I run apt-get upgrade, although it is the same
> version.
Add a new entry to the top of debian/changelog with a higher version
number.
> Has Anyone an idea what I could have missed, when I searched for an explicit
> mention about that behaviour in the documentation? Is that apt's new
> policy?
As far as I know apt has always behaved like this. Personally I think
it's a good idea, since it makes bug reports less confusing in the event
of self-compiled packages, and helps me remember which packages on my
system I built locally and which are official.
Cheers,
--
Colin Watson [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]
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