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



On Thu, 5 Oct 2000 daniel@danann.net wrote:

> 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.

Yes, this is desired to support people who are doing potato recompiles of
woody packages.

If you want to not do this then either put the package on hold or change
the version number - which you should be doing anyhow!

Jason



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