Re: managing source packages

>> 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 >>

Re: managing source packages

>> 1. Installing/building dependencies >> >> Say, I want to build a package pkg1. Usually, "apt-get build-dep pkg1" >> will install all dependencies. However, apt-get will fail if one of >> them, say pkg2, is not in "stable". Then, I have to install dependencies >> of pkg2, build pkg2 itself, and p

Re: Running testing? -- read this.

Carl Fink wrote: > On Wed, Jun 04, 2008 at 10:02:13AM -0400, Patrick Wiseman wrote: > >> So? I've been using testing for years, and have found it to be >> remarkably stable - it's remarkable precisely because it IS 'testing'. >> Sometimes (rarely) things break, but that's something I prefer to >

managing source packages

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)