* Jens Guenther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Compilation worked fine. The only problem was that the package building > process did not work. I could have installed the programs by hand, but I > would have to bypass the package control system and would get problems when > the real packages eventually come out.
Ah, okay, I misunderstood you then. > It should be possible to build packages for local installations from potato. > If it is not possible to do this, many of the advantages of providing source > packages and not merely sources would go away. You would be stuck with I agree that it would be nice, but if a package depends on things like debconf, things become complicated (debconf may even be installable in slink, but the dependencies/conflicts were too much for me). If it is possible, yes, but if the pain is too much, then not. If, however, an installation would only fail because of a simple thing like an unsupported chmod switch then that would warrant a bug report IMO.
