On 2016-07-19 12:05 +0200, Andre Majorel wrote:
> The version of Mutt in Debian 8 (1.5.23-3) has a very annoying
> bug (https://dev.mutt.org/hg/mutt/rev/755a18da99bc). I'd like
> to upgrade to 1.5.24 or newer.
>
> Unstable and testing have Mutt 1.6.0-1 but I don't see any back
> ports of Mutt for stable.
>
> Things I'd rather not do :
> - install from source,
> - install a package from unstable or testing in case it drags in
> new versions of libc etc.,
> - install unstable or testing in a VM (not against the idea,
> just too many other things on my plate at the moment),
You don't need a VM, a chroot is sufficient. And with schroot executing
commands from the chroot is relatively painless.
> - upgrade to unstable or testing.
>
> So what are my options ? How about
>
> apt-get source --build mutt /unstable && dpkg -i mutt*.deb
Omit the space between mutt and /unstable. And "dpkg -i" must be run as
root, while you should build packages as a normal user.
> Would that be the way to go ?
Rebuilding the source package from testing on stable would definitely my
choice, provided that it works.
> Any traps I should be aware of ?
Make backups of your mailboxes, just in case the new mutt causes havoc.
Cheers,
Sven
