On Fri, Sep 12, 2003 at 11:19:35AM +0200, Alex Polite wrote: > Package pinning is driving my crazy. Every now and then I just have to > have something that is only available in testing or unstable. My > favorite option is to download the source, compile it myself and > install in /usr/local but every now and then it's a big thing like > evolution which has a gazillion dependencies. > > So I do apt-get -t unstable <package> > > Almost without exemption this will lead to hairy dependency > problems. >
I find that if I temporarily change the pinning so that eg., unstable is top choice when I'm upgrading certain packages with boatloads of dependencies, then immediately change it back before upgrading anything else (or doing an update), then most of the dependency problems are alleviated. It's still worthwhile doing a check of *all* packages which will be affected before going ahead, but it works for me, anyway. -- Mark Kent -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
