On Fri, Jan 24, 2003 at 14:59:17 +0100, Adrian Bunk wrote: > Since some people seem to thing apt pinning can solve all problems with > outdated packages in stable I want to explain why this is wrong: > > apt pinning is good if you are running testing but need a package (e.g. > a security update) from unstable. > > There are people that use apt pinning to install packages from unstable > on a woody system. This is bad because nearly every installation of a > package from unstable pulls a new libc6 and it's also possible that it > pulls a new Perl and Python. Then some _very_ essential components of > your system are upgraded to the potentially more buggy versions in > unstable.
The testing distribution has *exactly* the same problem, as the unstable libc is different from the testing libc. -- Vincent Lefèvre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - Web: <http://www.vinc17.org/> - 100% validated (X)HTML - Acorn Risc PC, Yellow Pig 17, Championnat International des Jeux Mathématiques et Logiques, TETRHEX, etc. Work: CR INRIA - computer arithmetic / SPACES project at LORIA -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
