Well, sorta ::chuckles:: I don't mind upgrading stuff (I think...) but... I don't know what not to do....
I think main question is: how unstable is unstable, and how do I make it more stable? Thanks for answering, BTW :) -Brian On Mon, 16 Jul 2001, Stephen Rueger wrote: > Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2001 04:21:21 +0200 > From: Stephen Rueger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: Newbieish question > Resent-Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2001 12:22:21 -0700 > Resent-From: debian-user@lists.debian.org > > On Sun, Jul 15, 2001 at 12:11:38PM -0700, Brian Ballsun-Stanton wrote: > > This is my dilemma: to run samba-tng, I have to upgrade to "unstable." My > > mandate explictly states that downtime is *BAD*, very, very, very, > > bad. How risky is running unstable? What shouldn't I do? Should I upgrade > > to 2.4.6? (I'm running a home box as a testbed for this, so I'll be warned > > slightly in advance, but...) > > You can compile package foo from source with "apt-get -b source foo", so > that you don't have to dist-upgrade everything. Just put these lines in > your "/etc/apt/sources.list": > > deb-src http://ftp.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib non-free > deb-src http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US woody/non-US main contrib > non-free > > Don't forget to "apt-get upgrade" :-) > > Hope this helps. > > Stephen Rueger > >
