How to install a pacjage I compiled

[stan]

I cannot find instructions as to how to properly create a modified Debian
package for a package that has been migrated to the quilt build process, so
finally I just made the request change in debian/rules and followed the
build instructions from
https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/maint-guide/build.en.html
This did result in the creation of a package 
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  843396 Apr  4 14:08 openssl_1.1.1d-0+deb10u2_amd64.deb
so, I did a dpkg -i of this package, yet I still see
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 736776 Oct 12 15:56 /usr/bin/openssl

I recognize that the kludge I used does not change the name of the package,
but should this not reinstall it using the newly compiled package?


I would really appreciate some help here. I have been fighting this for a
couple of days now, and my frustration level is way high.

The root problem is Cappy firmware on vendor equipment, but the person I
am doing this for has over 400 of these installed, and the vendor appears
to not care at all about creating firmware with modern ssl support.

Just so the world knows the vendor is Mikrotic. The person I am working
with thinks highly of them as you can tell from the quantity he has
installed . Myself, I think a vendor that cannot be trouble to create
firmware that supports modern standards, should get the rewards they deserve.

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