Erik Steffl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I downloaded debian kernel source package (+ source for alsa modules >and 3dfx module). > > I used make-kpkg to build the kernel (and later on alsa and 3dfx >modules). I specified jojda.1 as my kernel revision. > > the resulting *.deb (kernel + modules) were succesfully installed, so >now I have: > >ih kernel-image-2.2.17 jojda.1 1:2.2.17-1 > ^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^ > current new
The 1: is an epoch, which means that 1:anything is greater than any version number without an epoch, 2:anything is greater than 1:anything, etc. Try 10:jojda.1, or some similarly high epoch, if you don't want it to be replaced by Debian packages. > the same goes for alsa-modules-2.2.17: > >ih alsa-modules-2.2.17 0.5.9d-1+j1:0.5.9d-1 > > (there is only 'j' visible out of the jojda.1 string), how is >0.5.9d-1 newer then 0.5.9d-1+jojda.1 ? [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ if dpkg --compare-versions 0.5.9d-1+jojda.1 lt 1:0.5.9d-1; \ > then echo hello; fi hello -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
