On Jun 2, 2011 4:41 PM, "Paul Johnson" <pauljoh...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I was using RedHat/Fedora for along time, then Ubuntu, now Debian. > I'm not new in Linux, just Debian. And I'm still having trouble > understanding some of the terminology. > > I want to run the stable distribution--Squeeze--except I need newer > versions of some key programs I use in my work, like LyX and R. And > since the kernel included with Squeeze crashes when I unplug the USB > headset, I need to run a newer kernel that has a patch for that > problem. (I'm afraid of testing because it does not appear it ever > pauses for a "snapshot." If Debian testing had "freeze points" like > "Fedora 14" or "Ubuntu 11.04" or such, I would probably run testing. > But testing never pauses for a mostly working snapshot. Right?) > > I've followed discussion on this in here and in the web, some people > suggest a pinning setup, some people suggest waiting for > debian-backports to introduce the updated versions of programs, and > some people suggested setting the repositories for Debian Wheezy (same > as testing at the moment, right?) to get the applications from there, > and just allow apt (or synaptic, somehow different from apt in > dependency management?) to just take what is required to run the new > version. > > I've experimented quite a bit with this, and have not yet found a > satisfactory plan. If I temporarily enable the Wheezy repositories > and install new versions of things, and then disable Wheezy > repositories, then I don't get security or other updates on the > testing plan. If I re-enable Wheezy repositories, then the proposed > update list includes almost all packages, not just the ones I > specifically installed from Wheezy. > > I *think* pinning might be the right way to fix this, but I have not > found a configuration that would install updates from Wheezy when I > want them and take them from Squeeze when I don't. For example, > Squeeze still has the two editions of tcl and tk, with names like > tcl8.4 and tcl8.5, whereas Wheezy updates want to remove the 8.4 > editions and just go with 8.5. I use some applications that will not > work if that happens. >
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