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Re: source-package installation lost with upgrade



Robert Ian Smit said:

> If a new version of that package is released, due to a security
> update for instance, would I be prompted to replace the package I
> compiled (or alternatively rebuild the package from updated
> sources) ?

nope, it will just say it's held, it's up to you to keep track
of what you build from source.

>
> I have compiled libssl for my Sparc, resulting in a truly noticeable
> performance increase, but would hate to add a security risk by
> possibly not being up to date with the latest patches.

subscribe to the debian-security-announce (?) mailing list to get
notified of new patches. I'm already on a buncha generic security
mailing lists which get the debian advisories. depending on how many
packages your managing from source it isn't hard to manage.

I currently manage ldap stuff this way, slapd, libldap*, ldap-utils,
libnss-ldap, libpam-ldap .. and afterstep, and bitchx

nate





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