On Thu, Nov 14, 2002 at 01:32:14PM -0800, Craig Dickson wrote: > Patrick Lane wrote: > > > Some of us using unstable use it because we have to. That is, we have to > > if we want to run Debian. For example, I installed unstable for XF86 > > 4.2. w/o it, I had to do a mickey mouse work-around to get my xserver to > > start, which to me is way worse. > > Hmm. Admittedly, the X packages are complex and numerous, but even so, is > it really not possible to install unstable X packages on testing?
It's most certainly possible. Pinning _is_ your friend. It's quite easy to pull select packages from another version and to set a default release to follow. If you really wanted, you could install "stable" and pull various packages from "testing", "unstable", or even "experimental". -- Jamin W. Collins -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
