overriding debian repositories

overriding debian repositories

[Gregory Nowak]

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Hi all.

I'm running debian stable (Lenny), and have apt-build installed. In my
sources.list, I have:
deb file:/var/cache/apt-build/repository apt-build main
I've built a package using apt-build, and have it installed. However,
when I run apt-get dist-upgrade, I'm told that the package I built
locally needs to be upgraded. Does anyone know if there is a way to
override the debian sources for package x, using the apt-build
repository instead?

My solution for now is to put that package on hold, but I would prefer
to override the official repos with apt-build, if that's
possible. Yes, before anyone asks, I have run apt-get update, so the
apt system knows everything there is to know about available sources
of packages. Thanks for any help in advance.

Greg

P.S. The entry for apt-build is at the bottom of sources.list. I tried
putting it as the first entry, and running apt-get update, but there's
no
difference.


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Re: overriding debian repositories

[Tony Baechler]

Hi,

Where you put a source in sources.list generally doesn't seem to 
matter.  I suggest you read the apt man pages, specifically read about 
pinning.  I think that's in apt(5) but I'm not sure.  It's also 
documented on debian.org under documentation.  To see what your pinning 
priority is, do "apt-cache policy package" and look for the number 
listed, such as 100 or 500.

Re: overriding debian repositories

[Gregory Nowak]

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On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 04:09:38AM -0800, Tony Baechler wrote:
> I suggest you read the apt man pages, specifically read about pinning.  I 
> think that's in apt(5) but I'm not sure.  It's also documented on 
> debian.org under documentation.  To see what your pinning priority is, do 
> "apt-cache policy package" and look for the number listed, such as 100 or 
> 500.

Thanks for getting me pointed in the right direction. I actually found
what I was looking for, (since I found out I needed to look for it),
in apt_preferences(5). I now have my preferences file setup in such a
way, so that packages in the apt-build repository have higher priority
over the official debian repositories. Thanks again for telling me
what to look for.

Greg


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