Bug#235885: xlib6g from stable cannot be installed on unstable after upgrade to XFree86 4.3
Fredag den 5. marts 2004 23:08 skrev Chris Waters:
> On Fri, Mar 05, 2004 at 02:09:41PM +0100, Andreas Metzler wrote:
> > You are right, it does not work, because xlibs in sid conflicts
> > with xlib6g. However I think rebuilding the netscape source
> > package on sid would work.
>
> As would installing a local (non-Debian) version of Netscape, which
> is what most people do with software that's not supported by
> Debian. I'm not sure why anyone in Debian should go out of their
> way to support software that is explicitly no longer supported by
> Debian.
A deb-package outside Debian that brings Netscape 4.7x would be just
fine for me - and a good compromise. A new entry on apt-get.org?
Regards,
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