Re: GNOME2 in experimental
On Don, 2002-09-05 at 22:24, seb128 wrote:
> Le jeu 05/09/2002 à 22:13, Michel Dänzer a écrit :
>
> > Why don't they apt-get -t experimental install gnome2, as indicated on
> > http://www.hadess.net/idoru.php3, which is linked from
> > http://www.gnome.org/start/2.0/ ?
>
> Because gnome2 is a meta-package, and it's broken most of the time (one
> missing depends and install doesn't work).
Indeed, there was a problem with one of its dependencies (gnome-games
IIRC) for a friend yesterday, but adding it to the install line worked.
> So the easiest way to upgrade all gnome2 packages is to use
> dist-upgrade -t experimental ...
Well, then they get what they deserve for being so lazy. ;) It's called
'experimental' for a reason...
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Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper)/ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer
XFree86 and DRI project member / CS student, Free Software enthusiast
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