-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Bruno Buys wrote: > Ron Johnson wrote: > >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> Bruno Buys wrote: >> >>> Ron Johnson wrote: >>> >>> Bruno Buys wrote: [snip] >> You could also: >> 1. Download the source packages and build them on Sarge. This link >> points to all the necessary source packages: >> http://packages.debian.org/unstable/graphics/exiv2 >> >> 2. Upgrade to Etch or Sid. If you have a desktop, that's not too >> scary. >> >> > 1. When the debian page says 'depends on such and such other packages', > aren't they going to mess my sarge install? I mean, if this is a sid > page referring to sid packages, I am not supposed to try to install > these on my sarge, am I (because I already have the sarge versions of > everything)?
Yes, Stable+Sid is Recipe For Disaster. > 2. Yes, I thought of doing this a zillion times. Question is, I have > seen troubled ppl looking for help over a broken/messed system for one > reason or another. Fairly put, it doesn't happen all the time (and > mainly with brazilian users at debian-users-portuguese, that apparently > can't read english docs easily -- debian portuguese documentation is > good, but reading english would help a lot). I find myself always > postponing this move. My current sarge install is 2 years old, and I > have installed a lot of things without decently documenting what I did. > If something breaks its gonna be a pain to track it. I know there's dpkg > --set-selections/dpkg --get-selections if needed. I'd rather have a > testing machine... > How much is etch ahead of sarge? which one you run? Ah, I see. Do a 2-stage upgrade: Sarge->Etch then Etch->Sid - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA Is "common sense" really valid? For example, it is "common sense" to white-power racists that whites are superior to blacks, and that those with brown skins are mud people. However, that "common sense" is obviously wrong. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFE26FVS9HxQb37XmcRAm+8AKDeVmPtvg7aIWBcR3+DUl2wRL3kwgCg4Dbb 0MYuPxmUe5gSDlozpyAd8ho= =i7az -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
