Precedence of locally-compiled packages

[Matthew Flaschen]

Jose Gomez-Dans wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On 8/29/07, Matthew Flaschen <matthew.flaschen at gatech.edu> wrote:
>>> I have compiled from source a number of packages (I needed to add some
>>> compile flags). However, APT now complains that these packages need to
>>> be updated to the repository's version (which incidentally is the same
>>> as my local packages).
>> Easiest way is to compile to /usr/local/ so APT doesn't override it.  Of
>> course, you need to remember to delete the stuff in /usr/local when APT
>> does provide a newer version.
> 
> But surely the whole point of using packages should avoid what you
> suggest!

The whole point of packages is (mainly) so users don't have to compile
and install things themselves.  If you (an end-user) have to compile
something, the system's already broken.

> After some searching about, I found this:
> <http://jaqque.sbih.org/kplug/apt-pinning.html>. I haven't actually
> read it, but pin-priority might be the way to go :)

I gave you the simplest method.  But pinning is probably more elegant.

Matt Flaschen