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Re: sources.list



On Sun, 8 Apr 2001, will trillich wrote:

> > Well, here's a reason:
> > 
> > I just installed potato on a laptap, then switched to woody in
> > sources/list and did dist-upgrade. Then I went to install emacs19 but it's
> > not in woody. So I added the potato line and then installed emacs19. I
> > have tons of emacs19 custom lisp that I haven't ported to emacs20 yet.
> 
> so when a package has become extinct (not present in woody, for
> example) you manage to get a legacy copy from potato.
> 
> i'm just saying -- when smoething breaks, be not surprised,

So, I guess I should remove the potato line now that I got the old package
I needed? Sounds like a good idea. Thanks.

...RickM...



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