apt takes my packages back to normal version

[Andrea Ratto]

It's perfectly clear now, thanks to those who replied

Il giorno dom, 30/12/2007 alle 12.06 -0600, Travis Watkins ha scritto:
> On Dec 30, 2007 8:09 AM, Andrea Ratto <andrearatto_liste at yahoo.it> wrote:
> > I am using the versioning convention suggested in the ppa quick start
> > guide, but some of my package get 'upgraded' back to the version in the
> > official repo by apt.
> >
> > Here is an example:
> >
> > andrea at andrea-laptop:~$ LANG='' apt-cache policy libccid
> > libccid:
> >   Installed: 1.3.0-2ubuntu1~ppa1
> >   Candidate: 1.3.0-2ubuntu1
> >   Version table:
> >      1.3.0-2ubuntu1 0
> >         500 http://archive.ubuntu.com gutsy/universe Packages
> >  *** 1.3.0-2ubuntu1~ppa1 0
> >         500 http://ppa.launchpad.net gutsy/main Packages
> >         100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
> >
> > I am just recompiling the official package with different options or
> > small patches, do I have to change the ubuntuX version?
> > Thanks.
> >
> >
> 
> You're supposed to use ubuntu2~ppa1 that way you're newer than ubuntu1
> but any ubunu2 update will replace your copy (until you update to
> ubuntu3~ppa1).
> 
> 
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> Travis Watkins
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