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Re: Question on the new offical debian packages and apt



On Tue, Feb 22, 2005 at 10:30:58PM -0600, Brad Sims wrote:
> As I understand it there are now Official Packages for Mplayer... how do I 
> ensure that I keep getting the latest from marillat?
> 
> I have the repository in my sources.list, but I am concerned about it 
> pulling the one from Debian Official if the Debian Official Version is 
> newer than marilat's. Or a better question: if the version numbers are
> the same, which is pulled? 
> 
> I am well aware that apt will pull the deb with the highest version number; 
> but I am unsure what apt does if the version number on the official servers
> and a third-party repository are identical
> 
Hi Brad,
IIRC, there may be a difference between the 2 versions. The marillat
version will have non-DFSG stuff.
-Kev
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