Re: servlets/JSP's development environment - disregard top post
>> -ok, this is something i have wondered about. I run woody stable, will the
>> above unstable source only apply to java packages. (i.e it won't effect
>> other packages or stable sources on my system?, unstable java packages will
>> work with my stable system?)
>
>If you dear to blend packages from different debian releases (stable,
>testing and unstable), you could try this. But you are mostly on your
>own, and you *could* ruin your installation (but not likely).
>
>You add this line to /etc/apt/preferences
># Prioritize different releases
>Package: *
>Pin: release a=stable
>Pin-Priority: 800
>
>Package: *
>Pin: release a=testing
>Pin-Priority: 500
>
>Package: *
>Pin: release a=unstable
>Pin-Priority: 80
># eof
>
>That will tell apt et all to get from stable first, then testing and
>last unstable.
>
>And then add this to /etc/apt/source.list
># Testing
>deb ftp://ftp.se.debian.org/debian/ testing main non-free contrib
>deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US testing/non-US main contrib non-free
>deb-src ftp://ftp.se.debian.org/debian/ testing main non-free contrib
>deb-src http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US testing/non-US main contrib non-
>free
>
># Unstable
>deb ftp://ftp.se.debian.org/debian/ unstable main non-free contrib
>deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US unstable/non-US main contrib non-fre
>e
>deb-src ftp://ftp.se.debian.org/debian/ unstable main non-free contrib
>deb-src http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US unstable/non-US main contrib non
>-free
>
># BlackDown (Java)
>deb ftp://sunsite.dk/mirrors/java-linux/debian woody main non-free
>deb ftp://sunsite.dk/mirrors/java-linux/debian unstable main non-free
>
># eof
>
>Please change sites to what you have near you.
>
>With this you could install packages from stable, testing and
>unstable, and you will have right dependencies installed to.
>
>An example:
>apt-get -u -t testing install java-common
>
>This will install java-common from testing, and take package from
>stable first to see that it is installable. If right version isn't in
>stable, it will try to load from testing.
>
>(If you get memory problems doing apt-get, try to comment out some
> lines in /etc/apt/source.list)
>
>/Jackson
-wow, thanks. i have always wondered about this. (mixing packages)
I'm actually not going to do it though. I am using the the 'old-stable'
java packages for now.
-mus
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