>>On Mon, Mar 13, 2000 at 11:02:04AM -0500, Mark >>Mealman >wrote: >> I really don't like unstable either, but I've pretty >>much abandoned >>the stable tree as too behind the times back when >>slink was nearing >>freeze.
>Here's a serious question for you: which parts are too >old on slink >to perform the functions you need? Seriously? >I only just upgraded two of my slink boxes to potato >on the weekend, >and it turns out that I didn't even need to. A friend >of mine still >has a hamm box; before that it was a rexx box. Works >fine, no need to >upgrade. May a third party add something? In my case there are TWO things that make hamm/slink somewhat out of date. I would like the 2.2 kernel for a firewall system so as to use ipchains. I also think I need the glibc2.1 lib for some third party apps ([EMAIL PROTECTED] for one). Otherwise, everything does work fine. Hamish -- ===== Amateur Radio, when all else fails! http://www.qsl.net/wa2mze Debian Gnu Linux, Live Free or ..... __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com
