How to replace the deb package with my own?

[Michael Beattie]

On 6/28/06, maxl <maxlist366 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello list,
>
> I want to replace gnupg-1.4.2.2 from synaptic with my own install of
> gnupg-1.4.4
>
> Then, if I uninstall gnupg-1.4.2.2 with synaptic, all this files are gone too:
>
> To be removed:
>
> gnome-app-install
> libgpgme-ruby1.9
> libgpgme11
> libgpgme11-dev
> libgpgme6
> python-gnupginterface
> ubuntu-keyring
> ubuntu-minimal
> update-manager
> update-notifier
>
> and then can't update software with synaptic as checksums can't be
> verified. I tried this and messed all my system, and had to reinstall it.
>
> Now I have both programs installed(?), and Update Manager keeps trying to
> update GnuPG-1.4.4 to a lower version (1.4.2.2).
>
> How can I replace the deb package with my own and still keeping Update
> Manager functionality?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
>

You could just play with the version numbers to get it to install...
I think that 1.4.2.2-1 should be higher than 1.4.2.2 but less than
1.4.2.3 if they come out with a new version.