Re: dselect and custom compiled package
On Thu, 2004-02-05 at 21:29, Greg Folkert wrote:
> On Thu, 2004-02-05 at 14:42, bob wrote:
> > I have custom compiled and installed the midnight commander package to
> > include mcserve. My version of the package is 4.5.55-1.2woody2. I
> > used the latest sources from security.debian.org. Now, whenever I run
> > dselect, it wants to install the binary from security.debian.org which
> > would overwrite my custom installation. I am looking for some advice
> > on how to keep this from happening. I have read about pinning a
> > specific version but I am thinking that may not be the correct way to
> > go because my custom version and the official version have the same
> > name and version. Perhaps I need to have a custom version number. Any
> > input would be appreciated.
>
> as root at a cli prompt:
>
> echo "mc hold" | dpkg --set-selections
... and the docs for things like "holding" Debian packages are here:
<http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/reference/ch-system.en.html#s-puttingonhold>
This page helped me a lot on keeping packages I didn't want to get
changed by an upgrade. Thanks, Debian folks ... :)
HTH
Best Regards
Wolfgang
>
> That should take care of the problems.
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