On Sat, 4 Oct 2003 13:54:14 +0100, Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> On Sun, Oct 05, 2003 at 12:12:18AM +1200, Paul William wrote: > > There is an unstable/testing package (firehol) that I need to > > install on a woody system. I do not think there will be any > > dependency problems. Is this possible? Will dpkg allow me to install > > a testing package on woody? > > dpkg is completely agnostic of distributions; only higher-level > package acquisition tools care. It does appear that you can install > this*particular* package from unstable on a stable system, yes. ..it might however whine about dependencies, juuust like rpm ;-) and as those are met, all goes in in the same install command, exactly like with rpm. ;-) -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt... ;-) ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
