The woody packages for xfree86 are in pool. The packages file gives the location of the various packages and may be different for woody and sid, even though both versions exist in the same directory under pool. The woody xfree86 packages are currently version 4.02-7, while sid packages are later. Use 'woody' or 'testing' in your /etc/apt/sources.list and apt-get (or dselect) will retrieve the correct version.
Bob On Wed, Mar 28, 2001 at 09:18:19PM -0500, Ron Peterson wrote: > What's the story with xfree86 and woody? I don't see any debs for > xfree86 in that tree. There are various .deb's in pool, but the most > recent ones don't seem to be associated with any dist, including > unstable. I've tried searching the list archives on this, but the > search page keeps stalling on me. > > I'm trying to convert to Debian from Red Hat. I'm contemplating > installing Debian on a pool of workstations in a computer lab at the > university where I work. The issue that's concerning me is that I need > to get an up-to-date desktop running. I'd prefer to use Debian because > I like it's package management system better. But if I have to kludge a > desktop, that kind of obviates the advantage. > > The machines will all be new, so I expect xfree86-4.x will support the > hardware better. Ivan's excellent KDE work appears to be geared to run > on 3.x, the stable potato version of xfree86. I haven't checked out the > Gnome situation yet. > > So let's see, what's my question? ;) > > Any advice? > > -Ron- > GPG and other info at: http://www.yellowbank.com/ > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Bob Nielsen, N7XY [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bainbridge Island, WA http://www.oz.net/~nielsen IOTA NA-065, USI WA-028S
