On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 06:23:49PM +0100, gooldi wrote: > Hi, > > I have a question about the way packages are handled in Debian. I am used > to CentOS/Fedora Repositories. From your question I am guessing you are talking about the current stable release (codename etch). > My Problem: > *I have a Package Z that has a dependency on a "Package X Version Y1" in > the Repository. > *Package X Version Y1 is updated to version Y2 in the Repository. > *My dependency is broken. This can happen if you run testing (lenny) or unstable (sid). > My questions are: > *Where do the old (Y1) packages land? or are the thrown out of the > Repository? Packages removed from the distro can be found at snapshot.debian.net > *What do the revisions actually mean? (4.0r3) Because there is no way to > get to the packages of lets say 4.0r2. Revisions mean that stable is still 4.0 but it received some updates. You can (probably) get old packages from snapshot.d.n (see above), *but* the current stable release only receives _security_ and/or _major bugfixes_. You would be better of upgrading to r3. If you think you have reasons not to you should ask here. Regards, Andrei P.S. Is this a philosophical/hypothetical question or a real situation? In case of the later please state what you are actually trying to achieve. -- If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough. (Albert Einstein)
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