On 09 Apr 2001 12:17:09 -0400, Chris Gray wrote: > If I understand the question correctly, it seems the canonical answer > is to raise the version number of the locally created package. This > should keep dselect or apt from thinking that the local package is > obsolete. You can change the version of the package by adding to the > debian/changelog file. There is a nice mode in emacs to help you do this.
First, thanks to everyone who replied. To make it more concrete here's an example: I compile the kernel with 'make-kpkg --revision=Custom.2 kernel_image' and dpkg -i the resulting deb, as recommended in the debian FAQ. Now, when i start dselect, kernel-image-2.4 with installed version Custom.2 has no available version (since dselect doesn't know about the directory it lives in) and is therefore in section Obsolete/local. This is what I don't like. Thanks for comments, M. -- I did not vote for the Austrian government
