On Mon, Mar 05, 2007 at 01:24:33PM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > 3) Compile from source. > Hmmm. No problem. Would (IMHO) mean to install lots of *-dev packages, > but that's ok...
Marcus, Using apt pinning is not for the faint of heart. Also, as you pointed out in another message, can become problematic when the package is updated and depends on newer libraries. Let me encourage you to go the from-source route. I have written a HOWTO on customizing Debian packages: http://people.connexer.com/~roberto/howtos/debcustomize The content is equally applicable to backporting (which is what you want to do). You don't need to install tons of -dev packages and you can always be sure that the resulting package will depend on versions of libraries already present in Etch. Regards, -Roberto -- Roberto C. Sanchez http://people.connexer.com/~roberto http://www.connexer.com
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