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Re: Getting only selected unstable debs with apt-get



If you have run 'apt-get update' with the unstable path in
sources.list, you can use 'apt-cache showpkg <pkgname>' to check the
dependencies.  If there are versioned dependencies, things can get
*interesting*.

On Sat, Oct 21, 2000 at 12:32:43AM -0400, Mike wrote:
> Paulo Henrique Baptista de Oliveira wrote:
> > 	Hi,
> > 	apt-get source doesnt take care of dependencies.
> 
> Ah.  Yes.  Good point.  Thanks for the reminder.  Yes, dependancies will
> have to be taken care of manually.  That can be a pain in the butt to do,
> especially for a large and / or complex package.  But it is possible.

-- 
Bob Nielsen, N7XY                          nielsen@oz.net
Bainbridge Island, WA                      http://www.oz.net/~nielsen
 



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