Greg Wooledge composed on 2018-08-21 08:55 (UTC-0400): > On Tue, Aug 21, 2018 at 08:36:30AM -0400, bw wrote:
>> On Mon, 20 Aug 2018, Felix Miata wrote: >> > I configured stretch-backports in sources.list, but apparently >> > it has no newer mc version available. 4.8.21 is on the mirrors, so I >> > downloaded >> > it from a mirror and installed it with dpkg. It works fine, but now apt is >> > broken > https://wiki.debian.org/DontBreakDebian I know. I was tired after hours of Google offering Debian hits on *ubuntu.* URLs instead of debian.org, not finding anything specific on debian.org, and rebooting the USB stick I was trying to get configured with Stretch-based Slax, which apparently has no detectable web forum or mailing list. With having already installed unbroken mc packages successfully on other Stretch installations I was puzzled by the "added" mc 4.28.21 deps: e2fslibs_1.44.3-1_amd64.deb e2fsprogs_1.44.3-1_amd64.deb gpm_1.20.7-5_amd64.deb libcom-err2_1.44.3-1_amd64.deb libcomerr2_1.44.3-1_amd64.deb libext2fs2_1.44.3-1_amd64.deb libgpm2_1.20.7-5_amd64.deb >> >From what I have read, the way to do it would be backport the necessary >> pkgs yourself from testing. > And the procedure for doing this is at > <https://wiki.debian.org/SimpleBackportCreation>. That starts with: 1-Install Debian packaging tools then 7-build... so for me it is a no go. > The IRC bots have a > simplified recipe as well, under the factoid name "simple sid backport" > or "ssb" for short. /topic at irc://freenode/#debian makes no mention of ssb. https://www.google.com/search?q=irc+bots+ssd&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:unofficial looks unhelpful. What do you mean by IRC bots? -- "Wisdom is supreme; therefore get wisdom. Whatever else you get, get wisdom." Proverbs 4:7 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/
