Re: APT overrules self-compiled packages
On Mon, Aug 12, 2002 at 11:10:55PM +0200, KennyD wrote:
> If renaming the package version is really necessary, I suppose changing the
> number 21.2-1 to 21.2-1.i686 solves the problem. But the foolish person,
> which is me, thought, it won't be really necessary and 'apt-get -b source'
> would perform well. Every documentation about that tells me so. No one
> ever told me to use debchange or to edit debian/changelog. ;)
>
> Probably you all are right and I've overseen this important part of APT's
> policy (official overrules selfcompiled).
Oh. Then you definitely want something like 21.2-1.0.i686.
That way, if someone does an NMU on the package, then you will get
21.2-1.1 instead. (I think.)
Unfortunately, apt-get --build source doesn't have features that
allow you to do that. What you _can_ do is wait for apt-src/apt-build
which I hear will have copious amounts of nifty tweaking features.
Simon
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