Re: Getting a mixed testing/unstable system.
Marshal Wong wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> I'm currently running a testing system on my Powerbook Firewire. I do
> have a few unstable packages installed (mainly X), but I'd like to get
> more, like GNOME 1.2 for instance.
For some reason a lot of GNOME 1.2 binaries are not being built for PPC. :-(
But you can hand-build them from source. Just don't try gtkhtml, it's been
broken for a long time, and the newest version (which hasn't been
uploaded) breaks gnome-core compilation. (Though if you really want a new
gtkhtml, I can send you the 0.8-1 .diff.gz from Christian Marillat, just make
sure to build it *after* gnome-core and gnome-applets.)
> I know some people have testing/unstable mixes, and I'm wondering how
> you manage it. I'm not ready to put unstable into my sources.lists,
> since if I do, lots of things breakdown due to conficts, etc. But
> it's time consuming to download each and every package that you need
> since you need to check for dependancies, etc. So what have people
> done to manage this situation?
What I did was to put unstable in the sources, upgrade, then in the select
stage, hold everything except the ones I wanted to upgrade, and slowly upgrade
them a few packages at a time, as I had time to reconfigure (e.g. X4 took some
time). Now I have a nearly complete unstable system, which you may or may not
want. Haven't had any major problems lately...
-Adam P.
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