apt frustration
Folks,
I run a little home office network. Most of it is stable, slink at
the moment, but I like to keep some stuff really leading edge (Java,
DocBook/Jade, egcs &c).
A simple way to do this would SEEM to be to use apt/deity.
It'd be great to be able to say: keep everything stable according to
my CDs and the ftp site, but keep the following packages (and anything
they depend on) up-to-date according to the unstable FTP site.
apt/deity doesn't seem to be able to do this.
A simple alternative would be to have a local directory that contains
just the .deb files I'd like to be unstable, and to include this in
'/etc/apt/sources.list'. That doesn't work either! I have to add a
bunch of support files (the 'Packages' file, and now some other file).
It seems that there isn't a simple way to fulfill my simple, common
need. Can someone make a suggestion?
Simon Read
Formal ASICs, Ltd.
Suite 215
222 Main Street
Annapolis
MD 21401-2005
Telephone: 1 410 280 0228
Data/Fax: 1 410 280 2099
E-Mail: simon@formasic.com
WWW: www.formasic.com
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