Re: how to install a testing package?

2003-04-14 Thread Hugh Saunders
On Mon, Apr 14, 2003 at 02:29:49PM -0700, Shawn Clark wrote: > One way to do it is to change your "/etc/apt/sources.list" entries to read > "testing" instead of stable. Then run , and then run > . > > Im fairly new to debian as well, and thats the only way I know how to do > it. I have not seen a

Re: how to install a testing package?

2003-04-14 Thread Shawn Clark
One way to do it is to change your "/etc/apt/sources.list" entries to read "testing" instead of stable. Then run , and then run . Im fairly new to debian as well, and thats the only way I know how to do it. I have not seen a switch to apt-get that lets you specify a release version outside of what

Re: how to install a testing package?

2003-04-14 Thread Mike Renfro
On Mon, Apr 14, 2003 at 11:22:20PM +0200, Julian Mehnle wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > How do I go about it, so that it will be properly downloaded to the > > proper place, installed properly, and I retain a copy of the package in > > case I need to do it again? Do I need to set up my own

RE: how to install a testing package?

2003-04-14 Thread Julian Mehnle
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I shouldn't have to ask this question, but I do. It's probably all in > the documentation somewhere, but I'm a Debian newbie and I still can't > find my way around properly. > > I have just installed the stable debian release woody from CD-ROMs, my > first experience w

how to install a testing package?

2003-04-14 Thread hendrik
I shouldn't have to ask this question, but I do. It's probably all in the documentation somewhere, but I'm a Debian newbie and I still can't find my way around properly. I have just installed the stable debian release woody from CD-ROMs, my first experience with debian, and I have found it a succ

Re: Why is only the latest unstable package considered for testing?

2003-04-14 Thread Mark L. Kahnt
On Mon, 2003-04-14 at 04:09, Björn Stenberg wrote: > Michael Stone wrote: > > So who's testing the older version that's superceeded in unstable and > > not present in testing? > > Good point. > > Is the consideration history of a package recorded anywhere? > > As an example, take curl[0]. The te

Re: Why is only the latest unstable package considered for testing?

2003-04-14 Thread Björn Stenberg
Michael Stone wrote: > So who's testing the older version that's superceeded in unstable and > not present in testing? Good point. Is the consideration history of a package recorded anywhere? As an example, take curl[0]. The testing version is 7.9.5-1, released 2002-03-13. Since then, 13 version