on Fri, Jan 26, 2001 at 01:30:08PM +0100, Diego Biurrun ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 25, 2001 at 11:12:17PM -0800, kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote:
> >
> > I'd recommend sticking to "stable" initially. It's better to track by
> > release status than by distribution name -- you'll graceful
Others have already mentioned how one can go about tracking more
recent versions of packages.
I will add that many people (well, at least one person: me) would much
rather have a system which is "known good" than one with the latest
versions. I personally have no need for XF4, so I'll wait un
Hi !
Why should it be preferable to track release status?
You might accidentally upgrade your mission critical server to a new
distribution when you just wished to install the newest security
patches. A few details always break or have to be modified by hand.
I think it is much safer to track re
on Fri, Jan 26, 2001 at 12:57:56AM -0600, Dr. Aldo Medina ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
wrote:
> "David B. Harris" wrote:
> >
> > To quote "Dr. Aldo Medina" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> > > For example, Why are so many packages from older version of
> > > programs. For example X-chat, wwwoffle ,ncftp and even X
Ok. So, I understand I can make the change and dselect will just get the
new versions as updates without any problem?
I will install debian in another (workstation) machine. Can I install
directly the "woody" version on it? Thanks for your help
"David B. Harris" wrote:
>
> To quote "Dr. Aldo Medi
To quote "Dr. Aldo Medina" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
# For example, Why are so many packages from older version of programs.
# For example X-chat, wwwoffle ,ncftp and even XFree's packages are from
# very old versions of the actual programs.
# I believe dpkg is the absolute best in terms of packaging sy
I recently installed Debian 2.2 and I'm reading the documentation
provided at debian.org. However, I believe it's a little disorganized
(or I didn't knew how to read it), because I can understand many things
yet.
For example, Why are so many packages from older version of programs.
For example X-c
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