>I don't mind installing more packages than what I had thought I needed:
>I am quite happy to believe that apt knows more than I do about what is >best for my machine!! > >I was just concerned that with my sources.list opened up to a Sid >repository temporarily for the purposes of this operation - to retrieve >a kernel header for the nVidia driver - that if apt downloaded and >installed a whole bunch of other packages that I would end up in the >sticky situation of having a mixed set of libraries. I have a lot of >work that I need to get on with, so the last thing I needed was an >unstable system because I'd gotten Lenny and Sid libraries all confused. >Hence my reluctance to walk down that particular road without getting a >clearer sense of what was going on. > >If it is a case of allowing apt to do its thing, then who am I to argue >with that. I would like to use the 2-6-25 kernel, but to be honest am >not wedded to needing to do so, so am relaxed about proceeding cautiously. Well I can't guarantee that it will all be smooth sailing when using Sid packages. It should work, but obviously mileage varies. You do not want to do an apt-get upgrade or anything like that but just a simple 'apt-get install package' may work for you. I do not foresee a reason why you would need to change your kernel or to change anything but the dependencies required by the package being upgraded by apt-get. I wish you the best. Have fun! Chris Stackpole -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
