On Fri, Feb 07, 2003 at 03:49:57PM +0000, Pigeon wrote: > It would be useful to know how to do this in the more general case, > where there isn't a convenient command like make-kpkg. > > My particular case is X 4.2.0, which I downloaded the source of and > compiled for slink, then for woody when I upgraded. But of course > woody's packaging system doesn't realise it's there and keeps wanting > to pull in bits of the woody X. > > No doubt the "Debian way" to fix this would be to get the X 4.2.1 > source package from testing and build that. But I'm on dialup, and the > idea of re-downloading 100Mb or so compares poorly with that of > editing a few files to achieve the same result.
No, the debian way is to do one of the following: 1) download the diff and dsc file, apply to your source, build debian package. 2) use the "equivs" package. It claimns it is a hack (and it is) but it works as long as you have a clue. You can really break your system with it if you do not :-) Cheers, -- Nathan Norman - Incanus Networking mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake. -- Napoleon Bonaparte -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
