Re: mixing stable and testing

[Adam Aube <aaube01@baker.edu>]

On Monday 26 January 2004 09:31 pm, David Rothenberger wrote:
> The Debian Reference (section 6.4.10) suggests that it's better to
> compile from source packages, so you don't end up upgrading libc, for
> example.  Is this really true?

Upgrading libc on stable with libc on testing could easily break a good 
portion of your system. One of the reasons aptitude was suggested was 
because you can view the dependencies before they are downloaded and make 
sure something critical (like libc) won't be affected.

If you prefer to install from source, you could use "apt-get -t testing 
source" instead of "apt-get -t testing install" to get source packages 
instead. I am not experienced enough with Debian to give a recommendation 
- try searching the archives.

Adam