On 02.06.09 14:29, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote:
> In <20090602185609.ga26...@fantomas.sk>, Matus UHLAR - fantomas wrote:
> >is 1.2.3lenny1 more than 1.2.3local1? I would want that to get upgraded...
>
> No. 1.2.3lenny1 < 1.2.3local1 because "lenny" < "local" because 'e' < 'o'.
so iif I name it 'local0' and 'lenny1' comes out, it won't be installed
because the version number is smaller.
> >that's why I did not increment the version, I don't know what small
> > changes could debian developers use in next version numbers...
>
> You could look it up. It's all documented. You could use a even "smaller"
> suffix if you are very concerned. I think the smallest "positive" suffix is
> the letter 'a' followed by an arbitrarily long string of tildes '~'.
>
> 0-0~ < 0-0 < 0-0a
>
> 0-0a > 0-0a~ > 0-0a~~ > 0-0a~~~ (etc.)
>
> You probably do want to change the version[1], but you have to decide by how
> much. Instead of using "local", I would use something that helps identify
> the origin of the package like "$company_name-$my_user_name"; if that was
> still larger than the current codename of stable ("lenny") then I would
> prefix it with the string "${codename}0".
of course, I usually use named like 'fantomas0' etc. I'm searching for
suffix that will cause reinstall when new version appears in debian
repository, so I need to know what versions use debian developers use for
any updates...
> >> Alternatively, you could probably do version-pinning via origin, but I'm
> >> not sure about the specifics of that.
> >
> >The only thing I need i not to upgrade when version number matches...
>
> Right, but you can't *just* pin by version because your package and the
> Debian package has the same version. You'd have to pin by version AND
> origin; your locally build package probably has an origin of "" (the empty
> string).
>
> I don't know, maybe you could pin by version and just use something positive
> but less than 100?
I wonder why APT reinstalls the same version of package, it apparently
compares more than just version...
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