On Thu, 07 Jun 2007 04:35:42 +0530 arijit <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 2007-06-06 at 12:58 -0400, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: > > > > I ran testing (etch) for about 4 months before it became stable > > since I had just bought a new computer with SATA and nVidia GB eth. > > > > OTOH, recently here I've seen threads about libc6 breaking on lenny. > > That gives one's computer a heart attack requireing a transplant. > > I'm sure it can be fixed if you have a live CD and great > > knowledge. When it happend to my 486 upgrading from Sarge to Etch, > > I had neither. > > > > The main purpose of testing is, well, testing. If you don't need > > it, why run it? > > > > Doug. > > > Yes, I can understand your point. On a second thought, "is it possible > to mix up some packages from lenny into my etch box?" > Because, some latest packages are in lenny can be useful. like, latest > sun-java (in lenny it's latest) will be helpful for me. also latest > version of media players, openoffice. > can I do it? will it be okay?
I would use backports (http://www.backports.org) instead. Packages in lenny are subject to unpredictable changes, whereas those in backports are compiled for stable specifically. -- Liam -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
