Re: package compilation madness

2000-02-12 Thread Chris Waters
Drew Parsons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [with an unattributed quote from Chris:)] > > That's no excuse for off-topic posts! I mean, by that logic, > > *everyone* should move all their questions to deb-laptops. > Everyone who has a laptop. No -- general questions about Debian that aren't spec

Re: package compilation madness

2000-02-09 Thread Brad
On Wed, Feb 09, 2000 at 11:04:27AM -0800, Chris Waters wrote: > > Actually, it's not really about "newer", it's about having a > version number that sorts later, so, one possibility is to use a > special version number that will always sort later. This is the trick > suggested for custom kernels.

Re: package compilation madness

2000-02-09 Thread Alisdair McDiarmid
Please format your emails to 76 characters or less. On Wed, Feb 09, 2000 at 03:33:09PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > After doing a apt-get upgrade apt downloaded and installed the debian > > Speaking of it, how would one put a package on hold echo 'package_name hold' | dpkg --set-selection

Re: package compilation madness

2000-02-09 Thread dan
> After doing a apt-get upgrade apt downloaded and installed the debian Speaking of it, how would one put a package on hold, apt-get manual doesn't state how to do it. I always have this problem of getting the same version package, as I just compiled and installed via 'apt-get upgrade' overinsta

Re: package compilation madness

2000-02-09 Thread Marcin Owsiany
On Wed, Feb 09, 2000 at 11:04:27AM -0800, Chris Waters wrote: > Drew Parsons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Running on the theory that it might help speed up my Pentium II system > > (debatable, but that's beside the point), I've tried > > recompiling a selection of packages with pentium optimi

Re: package compilation madness

2000-02-09 Thread Chris Waters
Drew Parsons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Running on the theory that it might help speed up my Pentium II system > (debatable, but that's beside the point), I've tried > recompiling a selection of packages with pentium optimisation, downloading > the debian source and running `./debian/rules bina