Hello, I would like some information on how to use APT to do this for me. I'm not sure I'm posting to the right list, if I'm not, please tell me to which list should I post.
I would like to maintain a distribution with mixed .debs, some from Debian stable, some from Debian testing, and some compiled by myself. I have this need because, although I want the system the more simple as possible in the base packages (init, bash, vim, gzip, tar, ...), I need to use some very recent features of some applications, like web servers and database servers (apache, php, mysql, postfix, ...). I also need to have some packages with custom patches, and some proprietary software must run on my box (like Novell's e-Directory, for example), so I would rather like to package these myself. Is there a way to install such a system with APT? If I can install it with APT, can I manage it with APT, so that when I ask APT to upgrade my system it will search for the security updates in the stable distribution for my base packages, it will look for new versions of my Internet servers in the testing distribution, and it will look for updates for my custom packages in a local directory? If that's not possible, is there a (easy) way to mirror the trees of Debian stable, Debian testing, and some local .debs, so that the packages in the destination tree are taken from the corresponding distribution as wanted, depending on the rules above? How could I manage packages that are replaced by others or split in several others? Can this be done completely automatically, or will there be the need of someone inspecting the new packages to decide if it should be included or not in some circunstances? Is there a reason not to do that? Thanks in advance! Filipe -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
