M G Berberich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I wanted a mutt with slang-support, so I took the mutt sources, made a >new package and installed it. I now have a problem: Every time I make >an update, the the system replaces my 'mutt_1.2.5-4_i386.deb' with >'mutt_1.2.5-4.deb' from the debian-server.
Yep, packages from the archive are used in preference to local ones. You could add an entry in debian/changelog with a version number of something like 1.2.5-4.1 (any security updates or other non-maintainer uploads will have that version number and will then overwrite yours). Alternatively, you could just put the package on hold, either in dselect (with the '=' key) or using something like 'echo "mutt hold" | dpkg --set-selections'. >I made the package with: > dpkg-source -x; debian/rules build; debian/rules binary Normally you don't need 'debian/rules build' as well, since the binary target should depend on it. Also, you should use 'fakeroot debian/rules binary' or 'dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot' instead so that you don't have to build the package as root. -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
