the first time i install testing package to my stable OS is to install amsn, it installed many new libs, and resulted in a segment fault error, from that time on, i never install testing packages to my stable OS, instead I add a testing OS to my another PC :)
On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 7:43 PM, Tony R Quilkey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Daniel Ngu wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I've always been a Debian stable user, using Gnome as my desktop manager, >> currently using Etch and have always wondered about the following: >> >> Sometimes there are software that I want to use but they are not yet in >> the >> Debian stable repositories. >> >> I can compile them from source into .deb package and install it that way. >> >> However, most often the libraries needed to compile the software will be >> newer >> than that in the repositories. >> >> In which case there are two options really: >> >> I can try and compile those libraries and use them parallel to stable >> version >> for those software that I wanted to use in the first place (which could >> potentially be a lot of work since who knows in the worst case scenario I >> might >> need to compile a newer version of the compiler or even system dependant >> libraries like gnome libraries), basically the list goes on due to >> dependencies. >> Or alternatively scrap stable version completely and use the testing >> version of >> Debian instead. >> >> Any suggestions of what have been your solution in the above scenario? >> >> Thanks in advance. >> >> Regards, >> >> Daniel >> >> >> You can mix Debian releases by using a feature of apt called pinning. > There is an article on the wiki http://wiki.debian.org/AptPinning that > might be of interest. > > Tony > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a > subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- ----------------------------------------- Buddha Debian GNU/Linux MSN/aMSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----------------------------------------
