On Sat, Feb 28, 2009 at 12:11 AM, Ben Klein shacklein@gmail.com wrote:
2009/2/28 Remco remco47@gmail.com:
Oh, I see. You mean that the package manager prefers the local repository if all else is equal. That's solvable by bumping the version number of the package that you download from the site. So, in 'pseudo-versions', the repository would have these:
wine 1.15-0 wine 1.16-0 wine 1.17-0
While the site would provide these for download:
wine 1.15-1 wine 1.16-1 wine 1.17-1
This would fix the problem, but would also mean twice as much space is required to store the packages. If we're willing to deal with that, go for it!
Well, I don't know if any package manager really does prefer a locally installed version, to the point that it actually replaces the package with exactly the same one. It would seem like a rather pointless feature.
I just tested it on Ubuntu 8.10 by installing the 1.1.15 version from the site. I checked for updates, but Ubuntu tells me there are none available. So Ubuntu is cleared. ;)
But if another package management system does work like that, some compromise would have to be made. It's either: * Extra space required, for the proposed solution, or * Less usability, like it is now, or * Extra CPU power required, if you were to bump the version on the server when the file is requested.
Remco