On Thu, Jun 5, 2008 at 9:56 AM, Michal Kapalka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >From the home page of debfoster: it has been depreciated, because all
> the features of debfoster are already in aptitude.
The original homepage has this message, but debfoster is still
actively maintained by Debian Devel
Hi Michal,
Am 2008-06-04 16:18:11, schrieb Michal Kapalka:
> 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 i
Michal Kapalka wrote:
> 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
Michal Kapalka writes:
> Isn't it less safe than source debs? I mean, those packages are compiled
> with newer versions of system libraries than the ones in Etch, so they
> may simply refuse to work.
Libraries have versions. If packages need newer libraries they should
depend on them. If it inst
>> 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
>>
>> 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
On Wed, Jun 4, 2008 at 4:18 PM, Michal Kapalka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 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
On Wed, Jun 04, 2008 at 04:18:11PM +0200, Michal Kapalka wrote:
> 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/unst
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)
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