Hi, if you build the B packages yourself, let them provide the name of A. I didnt do packaging a while but it is possible that package a provides b.
Not sure how to achieve the right priority, though. Maybe let the new repository have higher priority in apt pinning? Henning Am 25.05.2011 09:03 schrieb "Steffen Grunewald" < steffen.grunew...@aei.mpg.de>: > We're in the process of replacing some packages ("A") by specially built > ones ("B"), which will be named slightly differently, to avoid confusion. > For FAI this means that we want to > "install package B if it already exists, otherwise use A". > How can this be achieved? > > Cheers, > Steffen > > -- > Steffen Grunewald * MPI Grav.Phys.(AEI) * Am Mühlenberg 1, D-14476 Potsdam > Cluster Admin * http://pandora.aei.mpg.de/merlin/ * http://www.aei.mpg.de/ > * e-mail: steffen.grunewald(*)aei.mpg.de * +49-331-567-{fon:7274,fax:7298}