Re: Spoofing package status.

[Hugo van der Merwe <hugovdm@mail.com>]

> If I want to just install Exim, it is relatively easy to go to exim.org,
> get the latest stable tarball, do a configure and make and install the
> system.  (This doesn't just apply to Exim, it also applies to Apache,
> PHP, bind etc.)

Another option that may work is to grab the testing or unstable
package's source, and compile that on your stable system, to get a
package that depends on your stable system's libraries.

Maybe try:
# nano /etc/apt/sources.list
(put a deb-src line for unstable in your sources.list)
# apt-get update
# apt-get install build-essential
# apt-get build-dep exim
# apt-get --compile source exim
# ls exim*deb
# dpkg -i <your-newly_compiled-package.deb>

I haven't tested these instructions.

Hugo van der Merwe