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How do I prevent apt-get from upgrading packages built from source with apt pinning?

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I have a package installed (xcp-xapi) which is prone to a bug. The fix is very simple (only a couple of lines in the code) so what I do is the following:

apt-get source xcp-xapi

Then I find the source file to apply the fix and then I run again

apt-get -b source xcp-xapi

This will produce some .deb files that I install using

dpkg -i *.deb

Now the problem is that every time I try to run an apt-get upgrade, apt tries to fetch the packages from the repositories. I guess this can be fixed using pinning, but I cannot find the proper configuration to put in high priority the packages I compiled on my own.

So the question is how can I configure pinning to put the following already installed packages on higher priority than any existing in the repositories?

# apt-cache policy xcp-networkd xcp-v6d xcp-xapi xcp-xapi-debug

xcp-networkd:

  Installed: 1.3.2-5ubuntu0.1

  Candidate: 1.3.2-5ubuntu0.1

  Version table:

     1.3.2-5ubuntu0.1 0

        500 http://ftp.uninett.no/ubuntu/ precise-updates/universe amd64 Packages

        500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-security/universe amd64 Packages

 *** 1.3.2-5ubuntu0.1 0

        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

     1.3.2-5 0

        500 http://ftp.uninett.no/ubuntu/ precise/universe amd64 Packages

xcp-v6d:

  Installed: 1.3.2-5ubuntu0.1

  Candidate: 1.3.2-5ubuntu0.1

  Version table:

     1.3.2-5ubuntu0.1 0

        500 http://ftp.uninett.no/ubuntu/ precise-updates/universe amd64 Packages

        500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-security/universe amd64 Packages

 *** 1.3.2-5ubuntu0.1 0

        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

     1.3.2-5 0

        500 http://ftp.uninett.no/ubuntu/ precise/universe amd64 Packages

xcp-xapi:

  Installed: 1.3.2-5ubuntu0.1

  Candidate: 1.3.2-5ubuntu0.1

  Version table:

     1.3.2-5ubuntu0.1 0

        500 http://ftp.uninett.no/ubuntu/ precise-updates/universe amd64 Packages

        500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-security/universe amd64 Packages

 *** 1.3.2-5ubuntu0.1 0

        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

     1.3.2-5 0

        500 http://ftp.uninett.no/ubuntu/ precise/universe amd64 Packages

xcp-xapi-debug:

  Installed: 1.3.2-5ubuntu0.1

  Candidate: 1.3.2-5ubuntu0.1

  Version table:

     1.3.2-5ubuntu0.1 0

        500 http://ftp.uninett.no/ubuntu/ precise-updates/universe amd64 Packages

        500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-security/universe amd64 Packages

 *** 1.3.2-5ubuntu0.1 0

        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

     1.3.2-5 0

        500 http://ftp.uninett.no/ubuntu/ precise/universe amd64 Packages

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answered 1 Year ago entmpy · Accepted Answer

I don't know if this is the proper solution, but trying different pinning configurations, I end up made it working like this:

create the file /etc/apt/preferences.d/xcp-xapi with the following contents:

Package: xcp-networkd

Pin: release n=precise

Pin-Priority: -1



Package: xcp-v6d

Pin: release n=precise

Pin-Priority: -1



Package: xcp-xapi

Pin: release n=precise

Pin-Priority: -1



Package: xcp-xapi-debug

Pin: release n=precise

Pin-Priority: -1

From what I understand, giving it a negative priority to the specific package from the specific repository means do not bother for this package, thus keep the current version installed. If someone can explain further or provide a "more correct" solution, I would appreciate it. Thank you!