F Zimmermann [debian-user] <29/08/01 18:10 +0100>: > > On Wed, 29 Aug 2001, Gary Jones wrote: > > > Okay, I'm now nearly ready to make the switch - a full, functional > > backup has been taken. > > > > What I haven't seen anywhere is what happens if one has packages > > which are later than what apt-get knows about. For example, I > > installed X from 2.1r4 but found it didn't support my video card, so > > installed a new copy of X from a tarball. What will happen to such > > installations when I upgrade, does anyone know? > > > > > > -- > > Gary > > Did you make your own .deb packages from the tar balls? Then you are lucky > otherwise dpkg/apt wount see them at all. >
How do you make your own .deb package from a tarball? Vittorio