Re: how to install packages from experimental
On Wed, 2006-10-11 at 13:51 +0200, Loïc Minier wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 11, 2006, Xavier Bestel wrote:
> > I'd like to test gtk and gnome from experimental, but i seem to have a
> > problem with libwmf0.2-7 (conflicts with libgtk2.0-0, but is needed by
> > e.g. gimp which is needed by gnome).
>
> Gtk 2.10 changed ABI. Hence, modules have to be rebuilt with the new
> Gtk. We rebuilt GNOME modules in experimental already (such as
> libgnomeui, librsvg etc.), but we did not rebuild modules not
> maintained by the team. First, we didn't seek permission (yet) to do
> so; second, since Gtk 2.10 is not targetted at Etch anyway, it would be
> additional work to rebuild these modules again and again (and update
> the Gtk conflicts) if more unstable uploads of these modules happen.
>
> I'm attaching a NMU diff for my own libwmf rebuild, HTH. Warning: the
> diff removes some files, you should make sure these get truly removed,
> and do not get in the package with an empty content.
The problem is that to build this package, I must install libgtk2.0-dev
from experimental (>= 2.10.1-1) so havoc will ensue (gnome
uninstallation).
Xav
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