On Thu, Feb 05, 2004 at 11:42:59AM -0800, bob wrote: > I have custom compiled and installed the midnight commander package to > include mcserve. My version of the package is 4.5.55-1.2woody2. I > used the latest sources from security.debian.org. Now, whenever I run > dselect, it wants to install the binary from security.debian.org which > would overwrite my custom installation. I am looking for some advice > on how to keep this from happening. I have read about pinning a > specific version but I am thinking that may not be the correct way to > go because my custom version and the official version have the same > name and version. Perhaps I need to have a custom version number.
Indeed you do. Just increment the version by a bit (e.g. 4.5.55-1.2woody2.1) when you build the source package. -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
