On Vi, 21 iun 13, 20:55:15, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Fri, 2013-06-21 at 21:02 +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > On Vi, 21 iun 13, 16:52:49, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > > On Fri, 2013-06-21 at 17:02 +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > > > aptitude install $(cat non-Debian.pkgs) > > > > > > So the OP will keep some packages as they are, without updating? > > > > Package names don't change too often between releases, only versions do. > > Good thought, but it wasn't what I was thinking about. My guess was > regarding to self build packages, that aren't available by any > repository. Some might still work, if the OP would keep them, but others > might miss needed dependencies.
The OP did not mention self built packages. > Upstream might switch from one lib to another, the names are still the > same, but a package might not need lib A anymore, but does need lib B > nowadays. And for sure, a package perhaps need version = X and a new > version is > X. This is generally not a big issue for non-Debian packages, because they are statically linked and/or only depend on libraries that are in Debian (i.e. they seldom provide their own libraries). Kind regards, Andrei -- http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser Offtopic discussions among Debian users and developers: http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/d-community-offtopic
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