On Tue, Nov 07, 2000 at 11:39:06PM +0100, Martin Bialasinski wrote: > * "Joachim" == Joachim Trinkwitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Joachim> Same here with gmc -- after an 'apt-get --compile source gmc' > Joachim> another 'apt-get upgrade' will replace my newly compiled > Joachim> package with the same version. > > Actually, this is by design and the reason the equivs package was > rewritten. Unfortunately, I didn't take notes why apt behaves like > this. Therefore, I crosspost this to the gurus. They can say for > sure.
Well, I hope it's a good reason, it makes no sense to me and causes me unneeded hassle. -- Bruce What would Edward Woodward do?
