2009/2/28 Remco <remc...@gmail.com>: > On Sat, Feb 28, 2009 at 12:01 AM, Ben Klein <shackl...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Sorry, but I have worked with this situation, and whether or not the >> packages are identical does not change what I said before. The package >> manager can think that the version from the repository should replace >> the locally-installed version. >> > > Oh, I see. You mean that the package manager prefers the local > repository if all else is equal. That's solvable by bumping the > version number of the package that you download from the site. So, in > 'pseudo-versions', the repository would have these: > > wine 1.15-0 > wine 1.16-0 > wine 1.17-0 > > While the site would provide these for download: > > wine 1.15-1 > wine 1.16-1 > wine 1.17-1
This would fix the problem, but would also mean twice as much space is required to store the packages. If we're willing to deal with that, go for it!
