Bug#54985: debian-policy: handling of shared libraries
On 13-Jan-00, 16:16 (CST), Ian Jackson <ian@davenant.greenend.org.uk> wrote:
> However, sometimes I'm hit by a killer bug, or want to upgrade a
> particular package to the latest and greatest version. Often it's a
> while before I can update to the latest stable, and in the meantime a
> security fix comes out, so I need to install a package from the new
> stable when my system is still mainly from the previous release.
Why is downloading the source package and re-building not an acceptable
solution? I would assume that if the source package won't build due the
tools it needs, you're going to be stuck upgrading gcc et. al. anyway.
Steve
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