On Tue, Mar 04, 2025 at 11:43:49AM +0100, Nicolas George wrote: > to...@tuxteam.de (HE12025-03-04): > > Very often, getting the newer Debian source package (just apt-get source) > > and building it (dpkg-buildpackage) after having installed the build > > dependencies (apt-get build-depends) is all you need to have a self > > built backport. You get a Debian package, so that even your package > > manager knows about the "extra" package you just built and installed. > > Yes, indeed, you get a Debian package integrated in the dependency > system, which means it can cause problems when a package from the > distribution itself needs to be upgraded.
Choose your version string wisely. This is very important. Sometimes you want your local thing overridden by an update from the regular Debian repo (think some unexpected security fix!), sometimes not. You can steer this with the version string you choose. > That is a terrible idea. Not if done right. Cheers -- t
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