Re: Compiled debs are upgraded

2000-11-07 Thread Bruce Richardson
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 t

Re: Compiled debs are upgraded

2000-11-07 Thread Jason Gunthorpe
On 7 Nov 2000, Martin Bialasinski 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 > r

Re: Compiled debs are upgraded

2000-11-07 Thread Martin Bialasinski
* "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 packag

Re: Compiled debs are upgraded

2000-11-07 Thread Brian May
> "Joachim" == Joachim Trinkwitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Joachim> Same here with gmc -- after an 'apt-get --compile source Joachim> gmc' another 'apt-get upgrade' will replace my newly Joachim> compiled package with the same version. I guess (from my experience) that if the ve

Re: Compiled debs are upgraded

2000-11-07 Thread Bruce Richardson
On Tue, Nov 07, 2000 at 02:24:23PM +0100, Joachim Trinkwitz wrote: > "Sean 'Shaleh' Perry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > interesting, replacing it with the same version. Odd. > > Same here with gmc -- after an 'apt-get --compile source gmc' another > 'apt-get upgrade' will replace my newly c

Re: Compiled debs are upgraded

2000-11-07 Thread Joachim Trinkwitz
"Sean 'Shaleh' Perry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Madness and not what I want. It's not just doing it on my home machine > > (installed from what *might* be a dodgy CD set, I suppose) but from my > > work machine which I installed entirely over the internet. > > interesting, replacing it wit

Re: Compiled debs are upgraded

2000-11-06 Thread Erik Steffl
use epoch, the package with epoch has higher version than any regular version. it's still not perfect, because I have to watch for source packages (so that I can rebuilt my packages), but at least it is OK. erik Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote: > > > > > Madness and not what I want. It's

Re: Compiled debs are upgraded

2000-11-06 Thread Joey Hess
Bruce Richardson wrote: > Uh huh. On reflection, it isn't doing this with every package I > compile, it left inewsinn alone. I gather debconf is badly broken and > not getting any better, wonder if this has anything to do with it. What are you talking about? If you think debconf is broken, how a

Re: Compiled debs are upgraded

2000-11-06 Thread Bruce Richardson
On Mon, Nov 06, 2000 at 03:32:31PM -0800, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote: > > > > Madness and not what I want. It's not just doing it on my home machine > > (installed from what *might* be a dodgy CD set, I suppose) but from my > > work machine which I installed entirely over the internet. > > > > i

Re: Compiled debs are upgraded

2000-11-06 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
> > Madness and not what I want. It's not just doing it on my home machine > (installed from what *might* be a dodgy CD set, I suppose) but from my > work machine which I installed entirely over the internet. > interesting, replacing it with the same version. Odd.

Re: Compiled debs are upgraded

2000-11-06 Thread Bruce Richardson
On Mon, Nov 06, 2000 at 03:07:15PM -0800, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote: > > On 06-Nov-2000 Bruce Richardson wrote: > > If I compile a deb-src package and install it, "apt-get upgrade" will > > over-write it with the precompiled version unless I mark my hand-rolled > > package as "hold". What am I do

Re: Compiled debs are upgraded

2000-11-06 Thread Jason Gunthorpe
On Mon, 6 Nov 2000, Bruce Richardson wrote: > If I compile a deb-src package and install it, "apt-get upgrade" will > over-write it with the precompiled version unless I mark my hand-rolled > package as "hold". What am I doing wrong? Nothing. This is how it is ment to work. You can change the

RE: Compiled debs are upgraded

2000-11-06 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On 06-Nov-2000 Bruce Richardson wrote: > If I compile a deb-src package and install it, "apt-get upgrade" will > over-write it with the precompiled version unless I mark my hand-rolled > package as "hold". What am I doing wrong? > nothing. you install version 1.1, there is a 1.2, it should rep

Compiled debs are upgraded

2000-11-06 Thread Bruce Richardson
If I compile a deb-src package and install it, "apt-get upgrade" will over-write it with the precompiled version unless I mark my hand-rolled package as "hold". What am I doing wrong? -- Bruce It is impolite to tell a man who is carrying you on his shoulders that his head smells.