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List:       debian-devel
Subject:    Aw: conflicts between Debian's and upstream's Debian package
From:       "Daniel Leidert" <Daniel.Leidert.Spam () gmx ! net>
Date:       2015-02-20 12:09:20
Message-ID: trinity-b9d59ed5-24fd-47f9-b07e-7e0f9a2cd81a-1424434160331 () 3capp-gmx-bs12
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Harald Dunkel wrote:

> I would like to use upstream's Debian/Ubuntu packages for a
> certain tool 'foo'. Its closer to what I need, and I don't
> have migrate between both versions before asking the mailing
> list for help or for reporting/fixing problems.
> 
> Problem: The Debian maintainer messed up the version numbers
> and had to introduce a "1:" for his foo package. Now upstream's
> package always appears to be out of date, forcing me to override
> apt-get.
> 
> If upstream's Debian package of a tool is "not good enough"
> for Debian for some reason, wouldn't it be reasonable to avoid
> a naming conflict on creating the Debian package?

Just to understand your problem: there is a package foo. Debian provides
it with version 1:A-B and upstream provides some self-compiled packages
with the same name under version C-D (and C-D < 1:A-B) and you want to
force apt to install the package from the upstream developers site.
I therefor guess, there is a sources list entry for the upstream .deb
repository?

IMO you could high-pin the upstream repository and down-pin debian.org
for this special package (even so, that it won't get installed at all).
Use the o= or a= syntax (man apt_preferences). Simply run

apt-cache policy

without any further arguments to see the values associated with
each sources.list entry. If you don't have a sources.list entry, you
might be able to pin-down the Debian-version number to make apt
stop trying to install the Debian-provided package.

These are the ways, I would try.

HTH and regerads, Daniel


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