On Tue, 13 Jan 1998, Gregory Guthrie wrote:
> Is this compatible with running Debian; or must/should one wait till there
> is a Debian package with that version of the particular program.
You can download the source, compile it, and install it under
/usr/local/, because dpkg won't touch anything there. Usually we're
pretty good about having hte most-up-to-date upstream releases, but
sometimes things get backlogged. If there is a debian package of the
version you need, I'd recommed using it, but if not, go ahead and
install it yourself. Maybe even _make_ a .deb out of it and contribute it
to the project; it's not terribly difficult to do.
> 2) How does one correllate release and version numbers; e.g. Debian 1.3.1
> is kernel 2.0.30, but ther is also newer kernel source around (The linux
> Router package is Debian 2.0.32).
The unstable tree at the moment has a 2.0.32 kernel-source package. The
best thing to do is to install the default kernel on your CD, then
install the kernel-source packages and compile a custom kernel from them,
including support for only the stuff you need (eg. cut out the SCSI
support if you don't have SCSI stuff).
> Is the source code at the Debian site newer than the binary releases there?
No, the source code is the source code that the binary releases are
compiled from.
> I am not clear on the update process and compatibility. I just got a CDROM
> with 1.1.3, is it old already! :-)
We have at all times two concurrent trees: the "stable" tree, which is
stable in the "unchanging" sense. Then there's the "unstable" tree,
which changes continuosly (new stuff added, old deleted), as often as a
few times a day. When we're satisfied with "unstable", it'll become
"stable", and then we'll start on a new unstable.
We're only up to 1.3 now. The next release (whenever we freeze unstable),
in a month or so <fingers crossed> will be 2.0. The system is _entirely_
upgradeable: install from your 1.1.3 CD, point dselect at
ftp.debian.org, select the updates, and dpkg will install them for
you, no problem.
Will
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