On Fri, Jun 10, 2005 at 02:00:45AM +0100, Jaime wrote: > Hi all. > > > Everything apart from the dependant version of libc6 is identical. So > why does apt-get want to upgrade one, but not the other? > With your homebuilt version installed, run 'apt-cache policy less' to see what priorities it gives the two. You will likely see that the version from the official archive has higher priority. The way dpkg handles version numbers, and all other things being equal, two packages with the same version from sources that have different priorities will appear different if the sums don't match (which they likely do not in your case). If you want a better way to build a version of the package yourself, check out my Packages Customization HOWTO: http://familiasanchez.net/~sanchezr/?page=debcustomize -Roberto -- Roberto C. Sanchez http://familiasanchez.net/~sanchezr
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