Custom package conflicts

[Michael Goetze]

Hi Dave,

> I have a custom deb that conflicts with something in my kernel deb 
> (which I don't wish to mess with).  I'm wanting to do 
> --force-overwrite.  Anyone have
> a suggestion?  Maybe there's a way to download the package from my local 
> repository so I can install it later manually from a class?

I would recommend writing a hook script which calls dpkg-divert 
appropriately. See the dpkg-divert manpage. ;)

Regards,
Michael