Custom kernel confuses Update Manager's versioning

[Bob Nielsen]

I've been using 'make-kpkg --append-to-version <something>' and haven't
had any problems.  This adds the <something> to the package name so
there won't be any conflicts.

On Wed, 2005-06-08 at 12:26 +0200, Erik Bågfors wrote:
> Just set revision up high and you should be set. I can't remember
> exactly how as I never had to recompile a kernel since going to ubuntu
> (weeeee).
> 
> But something like
> 
> make-kpkg --revision 20050608
> if what I used to use under debian
> 
> /Erik
> 
> On 6/8/05, Jaime <re2824 at safe-mail.net> wrote:
> > Hi all.
> > 
> > I use a custom kernel, compiled using the "dpkg-buildpackage" method,
> > that installs and works perfectly. Every time I install it, however,
> > Ubuntu's Update Manager immediately tells me that there is an update
> > available for my custom kernel package.
> > 
> > Using the current sources, dpkg-buildpackage creates debs of the form:
> > linux-image-2.6.10-5-<arch>_2.6.10-34.1_i386.deb, and I install the
> > appropriate deb using:
> > sudo dpkg -i linux-image-2.6.10-5-686_2.6.10-34.1_i386.deb
> > Update Manager then instantly tells me that there's a new version of
> > this very same package available (I suspect that the comparison
> > mechanism is simply saying that something equal or greater than my
> > current version is available).
> > 
> > Can anyone tell me:
> > a) Is this due to some error in my procedure, or does everyone using
> > custom kernels have the same problem?
> > b) Is there some way to "pin" my custom kernel so that Update Manager
> > doesn't immediately suggest I replace it using the package available
> > from the repo?
> > c) Can I pin the package in such a way that when a "real" update becomes
> > available, Update Manager will *correctly* inform me about it?
> > 
> > Many thanks,
> > 
> > Jaime
> > 
> > 
> > 
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