Re: backporting question

2003-11-26 Thread Benedict Verheyen
>> The reason why people backport is generally to avoid having to use >> *core* libraries from unstable (e.g. libc6), not applications. Simply >> installing extra applications shouldn't destabilize a Unix system. Basically backporting is used as a means to avoid using the unstable version of libc

Re: backporting question

2003-11-20 Thread hendrik
On Thu, Nov 20, 2003 at 10:06:53PM +0100, Benedict Verheyen wrote: > > - Original Message - > From: "Colin Watson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2003 3:26 PM > Subject: Re: backporting question >

Re: backporting question

2003-11-20 Thread Benedict Verheyen
- Original Message - From: "Colin Watson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2003 3:26 PM Subject: Re: backporting question > Erm, sometimes, but it depends how complicated the dependencies are. My > subversion backport

Re: backporting question

2003-11-20 Thread Colin Watson
On Thu, Nov 20, 2003 at 02:59:11PM +0100, Benedict Verheyen wrote: > 1. Am i correct that you can backport an app (not all of course) > by getting the source from unstable or testing and then > compiling and installing it? > I don't know the exact instructions to accomplish this. > Would this work: