* Bob Koss ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [010919 16:07]: > I have a Debian stable system, but I'm thinking unstable might be in my > future. > > This morning I thought I'd perform the simple task of compiling pan from > cvs. > > Trying to do the autoconf / make thing led me to install several packages, > which required even more packages. I through up my hands when I needed a new > glib, which required a new libc, which wouldn't install due to some other > failed dependency. Okay, I'm thinking that stable is just too painful and > maybe I should be using testing. > > Reading through the archives, I'm rather scared to move to testing. Seems > many people end up with something broken when they attempt this. But, > soldiering on.... > > I changed 'stable' to 'testing' everywhere in my /etc/apt/sources.list file.
When using testing, I always left the deb lines for stable in the sources.list file. That is to say that I think rather than replacing your stable lines with testing, you should leave them there and add lines for testing. For some reason, I remember thinking it wouldn't work without the stable lines in there. I may be wrong about this, so hopefully someone else on the list can confirm or deny it. -- Vineet http://www.anti-dmca.org Unauthorized use of this .sig may constitute violation of US law. echo Qba\'g gernq ba zr\! |tr 'a-zA-Z' 'n-za-mN-ZA-M'
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