* will trillich ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [020929 21:30]: > okay, apt-get is wonderful and all that -- but when sticking > with a tried-and-true potato setup, it's hard to get feature > updates without some extra-apt activity... > > such as > > perl -MCPAN -e shell > > install Bundle::HTML::Mason > > to get a version newer than 0.72 of HTML::Mason -- and of course > the current version of mod_perl is 1.2103 and the new Mason > needs 1.22 or better. aaugh! > > is there a quickie-like fix without having to do a full to-woody > upgrade? :( i'd like to have a semi-modern HTML::Mason and > apache-perl, without having to overhaul the whole schlabotnik...
What about grabbing woody's apt and set up an /etc/apt/preferences that will allow you to selectively choose packages from woody? This way you should be able to bring in woody's apache-perl and dependencies while leaving most of the schlabotnik alone. But come on, woody is so much cooler! I highly recommend the upgrade, if you're just talking about a desktop system. I do understand the reluctance if we're talking about production machines, but it sounds to me like this is a development box or something. good times, Vineet -- http://www.doorstop.net/ -- #include<stdio.h> int main() { puts("Reader! Think not that \n" "technical information \n" "ought not be called speech;"); return 0; }
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