--- Ricky Clarkson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 30 Jun 2004 16:07:10 +0100 (BST), Thomas Adam > > Generally you don't -- you wait for the bug to be fixed. > > If you have appropriate source lines you can do apt-get install > thepackage/testing or apt-get install thepackage/stable
(synonymous with: apt-get -t<flavour> install <foo> > You might also want to get a particular package from > archive.debian.org and use dpkg -i thepackage.deb if the testing or > stable packages are too old for you. Of course if this route is chosen, you *must* ensure that you put the installed package on hold. -- Thomas Adam ===== "The Linux Weekend Mechanic" -- http://linuxgazette.net "TAG Editor" -- http://linuxgazette.net "<shrug> We'll just save up your sins, Thomas, and punish you for all of them at once when you get better. The experience will probably kill you. :)" -- Benjamin A. Okopnik (Linux Gazette Technical Editor) ___________________________________________________________ALL-NEW Yahoo! Messenger - sooooo many all-new ways to express yourself http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
