Re: How can I prevent custom build packages from downgrading

You can use apt preferences to pin the packages you want. Aptitude might have a simpler way, and Synaptic also lets you do this, but if you want to do it the low-level way, you can find help in the apt (and perhaps apt-src and apt-build) man pages, and on Google. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EM

How can I prevent custom build packages from downgrading

Hi, How can I prevent my custom build packages from being downgraded, without applying hold onto them? I custom build dvd+rw-tools and nget packages. But whenever I use "apt-get upgrade", I'll get The following packages will be DOWNGRADED: dvd+rw-tools nget What's the best approach to cust