> > The problem is Debian. > > I have potato installed, which of course uses X 3.3.6 (which by the way isn't > even supported by XFree86 anymore it's so old). There are no X 4.2.0 debs to > be found for potato (hell, 4.1 for potato is still a development release!!), > so that option is pretty much out. I'm not quite ready to switch to Woody > yet although even if I did that wouldn't solve my problem. >
Debian does not have 4.2.x debs in any dist. > I can install the X 4.2.99 snapshot. My question is, what about Debian's > dependencies? I plan on installing a large amount of X stuff (KDE, > OpenOffice, etc.), and I know that those packages are going to have > dependencies on X software. However, since I'm not installing from .deb > files, how do I go about doing this? Is there a way to make it look like the > packages are installed so I don't have to worry about X dependencies? > there is a package called 'equivs' which lets you tell dpkg you have installed the software yourself. > And looking down the road (albiet probably more than a year from now) when > there are .debs for X 4.3.0 (the upcoming release), what would I need to > change to start using the .debs again? > save your X config, remove the X you installed and install the debs then copy in your config. Should be fairly painless. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
