Ok. So, I understand I can make the change and dselect will just get the new versions as updates without any problem? I will install debian in another (workstation) machine. Can I install directly the "woody" version on it? Thanks for your help
"David B. Harris" wrote: > > To quote "Dr. Aldo Medina" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > # For example, Why are so many packages from older version of programs. > # For example X-chat, wwwoffle ,ncftp and even XFree's packages are from > # very old versions of the actual programs. > # I believe dpkg is the absolute best in terms of packaging system (I > come > # from RedHat's rpm). That's why I think twice to install a new non-deb > # version of some program, even when I need some of the new features > (like > # XFree 4). So what do you recommend? > > Debian is split up into three distributions: Potato/stable, > Woody/testing, Sid/unstable. Potato is the stable distribution, and is > generally meant for servers. When you install Potato, you can be sure > that nothing will be changed out from underneath you. You can run > 'apt-get update && apt-get upgrade' without worry. > > Woody/testing and Sid/unstable are generally what people run on their > desktops. Woody is "safer" than Sid, in that new/updated packages are > uploaded to the Sid repositories before they're automatically added to > Woody(a few conditions have to be met; the package in Sid can't have > been updated for at least two weeks, the package in Sid has to have a > lesser or equal number of bugs, and a few other things). Woody is > actually fairly up-to-date. glibc 2.2, GNOME 1.2, KDE2, lots of goodies. > XFree86 4.0.x hasn't made it in, and the Linux kernel 2.4.0 hasn't been > packaged yet. Sid has XFree86 4.0.2, but the kernel is still 2.2.x. > However, you can upgrade to 2.4.0 easily(if you run Sid). > > So, if you want more recent packages, you should change all references > to "stable" or "potato" in your /etc/apt/sources.list to either > "testing" or "unstable". > > You can also add a deb-src line in your /etc/apt/sources.list pointing > to unstable. Then, whenever you 'apt-get source <package>', you'll be > getting the unstable version of that package. You can then use > 'dpkg-buildpackage -uc -b' (as root, in the directory(ies) created by > the 'apt-get source') to get binary .debs for your system. This isn't a > guaranteed solution, but it has always worked for me. > > David Barclay Harris, Clan Barclay > Aut agere, aut mori. (Either action, or death.) _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
