On Tue, 21 Apr 2009 05:47:55 -0400 John Vivirito <gnomefr...@gmail.com> wrote: >On 04/20/2009 10:04 PM, Derek Broughton wrote: >> richard wrote: >> >>> >>> In order to try and get Virtualbox up I reloaded 2.6.28-11 server, >>> reloaded virtualbox, it starts but borks staring the VM >>> >>> I ran apt-get update, in case I had only had a part update. >>> >>> and got this:- >>> >>> apt-get: update >>> Get: http://ftp.debian.org sid/main Sources >>> Get: http://ftp.debian.org sid/contrib Sources >>> Get: http://ftp.debian.org sid/non-free Sources >> >> Why do you think that it's OK to use Debian (sid, no less) sources with >> Ubuntu? And then, why would you think we could fix it. Debian & Ubuntu >> are _largely_ compatible, but if mixing them breaks things, I'm afraid >> you're on your own. > >Some of Debian and Ubuntu binaries can be incompatible with each other, >mainly do to depends and such. Mixing the 2 repos can cause problems. >As i recall we do not have support for Debian repos in Ubuntu, however >this might have changed but i have yet heard if it is supported or not.
No. While we aim for source commonality, binary compatibility is not even a goal, let alone a promised feature. Scott K -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
