Re: Using source packages to bring some programs up to latest version

From	Jonathan Dowland <jmtd@debian.org>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: Using source packages to bring some programs up to latest version
Date	2017-02-23 15:30 +0100
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On Wed, Feb 22, 2017 at 11:11:27PM +0900, Mark Fletcher wrote:
> The only thing I'd add here is that in this case, I'd create a dummy 
> Debian package with no contents but an appropriate version number and 
> dependencies, and install it, so the system knows it is there and the 
> dependent libraries are depended on. This way when upgrades happen APT 
> will tell you if there is going to be a problem upgrading the libraries 
> instead of just doing it and breaking the package you built from source.

Not a bad idea. You can use equivs to achieve this (although equivs could
do with a rewrite IMHO)

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Jonathan Dowland
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Using source packages to bring some programs up to latest version David Niklas <doark@mail.com> - 2017-02-20 22:30 +0100
  Re: Using source packages to bring some programs up to latest version Jonathan Dowland <jmtd@debian.org> - 2017-02-21 00:00 +0100
    Re: Using source packages to bring some programs up to latest version Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2017-02-21 14:00 +0100
      Re: Using source packages to bring some programs up to latest version Jonathan Dowland <jmtd@debian.org> - 2017-02-22 10:00 +0100
        Re: Using source packages to bring some programs up to latest version Mark Fletcher <mark27q1@gmail.com> - 2017-02-22 15:20 +0100
          Re: Using source packages to bring some programs up to latest version Jonathan Dowland <jmtd@debian.org> - 2017-02-23 15:30 +0100

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