On Wed, 21 Feb 2001, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Is it safe to run the non-stable software package ssh2?
Within the bounds of common sense, yes. I do. > Can I safely use apt-get to install it on my Dell laptop? Yes. Be aware that it will probably bring in a new libc and a few other bits... > I guess my question is really - does non-stable mean it is unsafe, or > just not garanteed to be safe. No assurance. In the last couple of years, unstable has been, well, unstable on me around three times for a period of around two weeks each. Day to day, I don't hardly notice. :) > Will an apt-get installation still check for conflicts and > dependencies? Yes. Identically. :) > And what do I put in my sources.list to get it? I tried adding a > source suggested on Usenet, but apt-get still could not locate and > install ssh2. deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib non-free deb http://non-us.debian.org unstable/non-US main contrib non-free The second is probably the more important line. > I've successfully installed and am running ssh, but one of the servers > I connect with requires Protocol 2. Are you *sure* there isn't an OpenSSH client available for stable? I don't use it, so can't check, but thought that there was. OpenSSH does support SSH2, although I had some troubles with it. Try that before committing to unstable, I suggest. > Thanks.... not only for any help with this but for all the help I've > gotten reading this list since I started running Debian in August. I'm > slowly learning little by little thanks to you guys! When I was still learning, people helped me. Now I repay that debt. In a couple of years, you will do the same. So it goes. :) Daniel -- Explain the concept of death very carefully to your child. This will make threatening him with it much more effective. -- P.J. O'Rourke
