So it's a great idea....
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| Author | Content |
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| ComputerBob Aug 14, 2009 10:52 PM EDT |
.... except when it's not. And it works great.... except when it doesn't. But that's OK, because you can always make do without it. |
| caitlyn Aug 14, 2009 11:08 PM EDT |
@Bob: While your commentary is accurate the information Juliet posted is useful a lot of the time. It shows how you can sometimes (not always) grab something from testing and use it in stable. No, its not 100% but I could see where it could be a real timesaver. |
| krisum Aug 15, 2009 3:37 AM EDT |
The problem with that approach is that in almost all cases it will try to update the libc6 which is not a very good idea. The approach is much better suited for testing+unstable(+experimental) rather than stable+ anything. |
| Laika Aug 15, 2009 5:23 AM EDT |
If you want newer packages in Debian Stable, you need to either use the Backports package archive [1] or compile from source. Mixing Stable with Testing or Unstable is a very bad idea. If you want newer packages in Debian Testing, you should read this HowTo document: http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=15612 [1] http://wiki.debian.org/Backports |
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