Bug#74076: apt: WIBNI apt prefered locally built versions of a package?

[daniel@danann.net]

Package: apt
Version: 0.3.19
Severity: wishlist

When a package is built via 'apt-get -b source <package>', the next run of
'apt-get upgrade' will download the same version of the package from the
archive and install it over the top of the locally built one.

I noticed this when the recent libc6 upgrade happened and postfix started to
complain. So, build postfix locally, all is well. Then upgrade and bingo,
problem back because apt reinstalled the version from the network.

So, I think it would be nice if apt would prefer an installed package when it
has the same version information as the binary package kept elsewhere.

Thanks,
	Daniel

-- System Information
Debian Release: woody
Kernel Version: Linux inanna 2.4.0-test9 #1 Wed Oct 4 12:12:11 EST 2000 i686 unknown

Versions of the packages apt depends on:
ii  libc6          2.1.94-3       GNU C Library: Shared libraries and Timezone
ii  libstdc++2.10  2.95.2-14      The GNU stdc++ library