On Wed, Jun 4, 2008 at 4:18 PM, Michal Kapalka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I have been using Debian stable on my laptop for some time now, and I > really appreciate it, especially because updates do not break things > that work well. However, sometimes I need a package/feature that is only > in testing/unstable, and which is not (yet) in backports. The safest way > (I guess) to deal with those packages is to install them from source > using "apt-get build-dep / apt-get -b source / dpkg -i"
Most of the time you can install updated debs from unstable or testing onto stable boxes. Is there a specific reason you can't/won't do this? Other options: - Install newer versions from Ubuntu or other 3rd-party locations - Maintain your own (partial) debian mirror with updated binary versions for Etch - Help backports keep your favourite packages up to date. [...] > It would be nice if "apt-get" (or some other tool) would > just try to resolve that itself, e.g., write "I need to install packages > pkgA, pkgB from Etch, and build+install source packages pkgTestingA, > pkgTestingB from Lenny. Do you want to continue? [Y/N]". > You could try using apt-src or apt-build. > 3. Removing (build) dependencies > > Say, I installed a package pkg1 from source "debs". I needed to install > pkg2 as a dependency of pkg1, and pkg3 as a build-time dependency of > pkg1. Is there any way to remove pkg2 and pkg3 when pkg1 is, > respectively, removed or built? I use debfoster. David. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
