On 13-Jan-00, 16:16 (CST), Ian Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > However, sometimes I'm hit by a killer bug, or want to upgrade a > particular package to the latest and greatest version. Often it's a > while before I can update to the latest stable, and in the meantime a > security fix comes out, so I need to install a package from the new > stable when my system is still mainly from the previous release.
Why is downloading the source package and re-building not an acceptable solution? I would assume that if the source package won't build due the tools it needs, you're going to be stuck upgrading gcc et. al. anyway. Steve -- Steve Greenland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (Please do not CC me on mail sent to this list; I subscribe to and read every list I post to.)
