Why are rebuilt packages overwritten by 'apt upgrade'?

[maverick6664]

Hi,

I decided to build packages by myself with new compiler flags to optimize and found it was rather easy. I just write ~/.config/dpkg/buildflags.conf and build source packages. Then install (replace) them.

However, when invoking "apt upgrade", the replaced packages are overwritten by the original packages which are downloaded again. How can I stop it?

Thanks in advance!

[Segfault]

14 years ago I had similar problem with Debian. I installed Gentoo to avoid going nuts.

[maverick6664]

I had been using gentoo for nearly 10 years, but now I am using encrypted disks. So Gentoo is very difficult to install and I abandoned.

Now I solved my problem. I found https://www.tecmint.com/disable-lock-blacklist-package-updates-ubuntu-debian-apt/, which mentioned how to blacklist specified packages. But now I wonder how I can find blacklisted packages are newly updated in the distribution.....

[maverick6664]

oh, my mistake??

Somehow, some blacklisted packages can be upgraded....others are blocked...why? It doesn't seem to work.

[Segfault]

Going nuts, told ya ...

In Gentoo everything becomes super easy as soon as you understand how it works. Encryption included.

Edit: I lost the fight with "supercow" (apt-get), may you have better success!

[reinob]

Hi,

I decided to build packages by myself with new compiler flags to optimize and found it was rather easy. I just write ~/.config/dpkg/buildflags.conf and build source packages. Then install (replace) them.

However, when invoking "apt upgrade", the replaced packages are overwritten by the original packages which are downloaded again. How can I stop it?

Thanks in advance!

AFAIK if you rebuild a package you have to change the version number/label so that apt et al. will consider it newer than the package version currently in the repository.

Of course, if a new version comes up, then the version number might be higher than what you have, so apt will want to replace it -- but anyway you will (probably) also want to rebuild your custom package based on the latest version..

[maverick6664]

AFAIK if you rebuild a package you have to change the version number/label so that apt et al. will consider it newer than the package version currently in the repository.

Of course, if a new version comes up, then the version number might be higher than what you have, so apt will want to replace it -- but anyway you will (probably) also want to rebuild your custom package based on the latest version..

It's a nice idea! Yes, I want to know when the new version comes out, so that I can build my own customized one.

Thank you very much!!

EDIT: BTW as for Gentoo, I am fed up with their policy that they are providing both openrc and systemd options and Gentoo has a lot of web pages describing encryption and uefi, some of which are too old. And some packages are old. So I've abandoned.

[milomak]

AFAIK if you rebuild a package you have to change the version number/label so that apt et al. will consider it newer than the package version currently in the repository.

Of course, if a new version comes up, then the version number might be higher than what you have, so apt will want to replace it -- but anyway you will (probably) also want to rebuild your custom package based on the latest version..

It's a nice idea! Yes, I want to know when the new version comes out, so that I can build my own customized one.

Thank you very much!!

EDIT: BTW as for Gentoo, I am fed up with their policy that they are providing both openrc and systemd options and Gentoo has a lot of web pages describing encryption and uefi, some of which are too old. And some packages are old. So I've abandoned.

this should be helpful

[maverick6664]

this should be helpful

Thanks. But I found adding "a" or any alphabet or string after the version number manually worked. "a" is easy.

Regards,

-Tetsuji

[Bulkley]

In an era of RPM "dependency hell" Debian offered relief with apt-get. The Debian advantage has always been its package management. Even its stability is a function of its package management. Of course, every solution generates new problems. I use the following when I want to hold a package.

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# apt-mark hold <package-name>

[Head_on_a_Stick]

when invoking "apt upgrade", the replaced packages are overwritten by the original packages which are downloaded again. How can I stop it?

Add an epoch to the version for your package:

https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-polic ... ml#version

[maverick6664]

when invoking "apt upgrade", the replaced packages are overwritten by the original packages which are downloaded again. How can I stop it?

Add an epoch to the version for your package:

https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-polic ... ml#version

Oh, nice idea!

Thanks, Head_on_a_Stick!!

And Segfault, I found a good way to use Gentoo; I am using VMware. So I'll install Gentoo on it, w/o encryption. Very easy!!

Regards,

-Tetsuji