Hi, I'm using Centos 5.0 on my desktop, and I'm very happy with it. One question bothers me. I rebuilt a handful of apps, for example K3B to enable MP3 audio, or libshout and mpd, to enable streaming audio. Now what happens if these get updated? I guess the new version will squash my personal version. Is there a way to prevent these packages from being updated? Or how should I handle these? Cheers, Niki Kovacs
Niki Kovacs wrote:> Hi, > > I'm using Centos 5.0 on my desktop, and I'm very happy with it. One > question bothers me. I rebuilt a handful of apps, for example K3B to > enable MP3 audio, or libshout and mpd, to enable streaming audio. > > Now what happens if these get updated? I guess the new version will > squash my personal version. Is there a way to prevent these packages > from being updated? Or how should I handle these?ideally, package your new versions as RPMs that update the original, provide the compatability resources of the original RPMs, and are versioned such that no stock rhel/centos update will overwrite them
On 7/18/07, Niki Kovacs <contact at kikinovak.net> wrote:> Hi, > > I'm using Centos 5.0 on my desktop, and I'm very happy with it. One > question bothers me. I rebuilt a handful of apps, for example K3B to > enable MP3 audio, or libshout and mpd, to enable streaming audio. > > Now what happens if these get updated? I guess the new version will > squash my personal version. Is there a way to prevent these packages > from being updated? Or how should I handle these? > > Cheers, > > Niki KovacsA quick solution would be to add a line exclude= in your repo files and list the rpm names there. Akemi
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