Re: best way to use a package from unstable in stable...

2005-08-30 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Tue, Aug 30, 2005 at 01:04:51PM -0400, Ben Bettin wrote: > Properly setup your /etc/apt/preferences file to include JUST that > package from unstable. > > When Sarge was in testing I wanted to use the firestarter package from > unstable. This was my /etc/apt/preferences file for using all > pa

Re: best way to use a package from unstable in stable...

2005-08-30 Thread Ben Bettin
Properly setup your /etc/apt/preferences file to include JUST that package from unstable. When Sarge was in testing I wanted to use the firestarter package from unstable. This was my /etc/apt/preferences file for using all packages from testing, and the single package from unstable: Package: * P

best way to use a package from unstable in stable...

2005-08-30 Thread JBaczynski
I am running 3.1 stable & logrotate 3.7-5 as included with stable.  Unstable now has 3.7.1-1 which has some date logic in it that I really want.  The package has dependencies that aren't included in stable.  Is there a recommended way that I can get the newer version of the package into my