Hi, i have a question regarding backporting. On my desktop i use unstable so i have never backported an application.
1. Am i correct that you can backport an app (not all of course) by getting the source from unstable or testing and then compiling and installing it? I don't know the exact instructions to accomplish this. Would this work: apt-get build-dep <package> apt-get source <package> dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -uc -b 2. If a latest and greatest application A uses libs B and C, and application A uses functions which are only available in these latest libs B and C, you will have to have these installed in order to run, right? So you end up with a few unstable libs on your system anyway? Wouldn't it be better instead of backporting to install woody and use the lastest packages that you want from cvs? Otherwise, backporting doesn't seem to make sense: you are using the latest software on a stable environment but because you install these latest apps, your environment becomes more unstable. Or am i missing something (probably) 3. If you use a distro that has all the latest apps installed, would this mean that if you follow the way of thinking of Debian, that these distro's are "unstable" and thus not that suited for a server? I searched for backporting docs but didn't seem to find any. Any good links? Thanks, Benedict -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
