Re: Getting a Higher Version w/out upgrading

2003-01-01 Thread Colin Watson
On Wed, Jan 01, 2003 at 07:19:30PM -0500, Lloyd Zusman wrote: > "Stig Are M. Botterli" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Add the following line to /etc/apt/apt.conf: > > APT::Default-Release "stable"; > > I presume that this can also be done just as easily by putting a file > with that line into the

Re: Getting a Higher Version w/out upgrading

2003-01-01 Thread Lloyd Zusman
"Stig Are M. Botterli" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Hal Vaughan wrote: >> >> When thinking about this, I wonder: Is there a way to easily specify and add >> versions later than in stable for only specific packages? In other words, is >> there some way I can do

Re: Getting a Higher Version w/out upgrading

2003-01-01 Thread Stig Are M. Botterli
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Hal Vaughan wrote: > > When thinking about this, I wonder: Is there a way to easily specify and add > versions later than in stable for only specific packages? In other words, is > there some way I can do an apt-get and specify Perl 5.8 (assuming it's > already

Re: Getting a Higher Version w/out upgrading

2002-12-31 Thread Hal Vaughan
On Tuesday 31 December 2002 12:25 am, Hal Vaughan wrote: > I'm still having problems with my ATI card. I know it's worked fine under > XFree86 4.2, but Woody has X 4.1. How can I upgrade to X 4.2 w/out > upgrading anything else or moving to unstable? > > Hal Thanks to all who responded. I took

Re: Getting a Higher Version w/out upgrading

2002-12-31 Thread Bill Moseley
On Tue, 31 Dec 2002, Hal Vaughan wrote: > I'm still having problems with my ATI card. I know it's worked fine under > XFree86 4.2, but Woody has X 4.1. How can I upgrade to X 4.2 w/out upgrading > anything else or moving to unstable? I've got branden's sources listed: $ fgrep branden /etc/ap

Re: Getting a Higher Version w/out upgrading

2002-12-31 Thread Colin Watson
On Tue, Dec 31, 2002 at 12:25:48AM -0500, Hal Vaughan wrote: > I'm still having problems with my ATI card. I know it's worked fine > under XFree86 4.2, but Woody has X 4.1. How can I upgrade to X 4.2 > w/out upgrading anything else or moving to unstable? Try the backport at

Re: Getting a Higher Version w/out upgrading

2002-12-31 Thread ajlewis2
In linux.debian.user, you wrote: > I'm still having problems with my ATI card. I know it's worked fine under > XFree86 4.2, but Woody has X 4.1. How can I upgrade to X 4.2 w/out upgrading > anything else or moving to unstable? > > Hal > > This is not generally a good idea, but I just did th

Re: Getting a Higher Version w/out upgrading

2002-12-31 Thread sean finney
heya, i know you can do stuff with 'pinning' in your apt configurations, but i don't know enough about that to give specifics. i'm sure it's been explained on this list a few times anyways, try searching back for apt.conf and pin . however the quick hack i use is to put deb-src entries for the n

Getting a Higher Version w/out upgrading

2002-12-30 Thread Hal Vaughan
I'm still having problems with my ATI card. I know it's worked fine under XFree86 4.2, but Woody has X 4.1. How can I upgrade to X 4.2 w/out upgrading anything else or moving to unstable? Hal -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMA