hello, you have lots of options there! i don't want to be the one to advise you on which method to use... but i will mention the beauty of apt-get -s. the -s option tells apt-get to "simulate" and it won't take any action. this is nice 'cause you can see, before it's too late, exactly what would be installed and/or removed by using apt-get to install/remove something. so, if you decide to grab the mysql package from woody... then, you would edit your /etc/apt/sources.list replacing "stable" (or potato) with "testing" (or woody), and commenting out the security line (since security updates are handled differently in "testing"). after the edit, apt-get update then apt-get -s install mysql .... it should tell you any packages that will be upgraded. if you feel courageous, you could apt-get install mysql... and, provided there is a newer version, it'll upgrade that one package. then, don't forget, edit your sources.list back to stable and apt-get update. again, this is only one of many options!
jason On Tue, Jan 15, 2002 at 08:53:03AM -0800, Jason Harris wrote: | -- registered linux user #202942 http://counter.li.org/ ---------------------------- http://www.theigloo.dhs.org
