Re: Xfree86 4.2.XXX
>
> The problem is Debian.
>
> I have potato installed, which of course uses X 3.3.6 (which by the way isn't
> even supported by XFree86 anymore it's so old). There are no X 4.2.0 debs to
> be found for potato (hell, 4.1 for potato is still a development release!!),
> so that option is pretty much out. I'm not quite ready to switch to Woody
> yet although even if I did that wouldn't solve my problem.
>
Debian does not have 4.2.x debs in any dist.
> I can install the X 4.2.99 snapshot. My question is, what about Debian's
> dependencies? I plan on installing a large amount of X stuff (KDE,
> OpenOffice, etc.), and I know that those packages are going to have
> dependencies on X software. However, since I'm not installing from .deb
> files, how do I go about doing this? Is there a way to make it look like the
> packages are installed so I don't have to worry about X dependencies?
>
there is a package called 'equivs' which lets you tell dpkg you have installed
the software yourself.
> And looking down the road (albiet probably more than a year from now) when
> there are .debs for X 4.3.0 (the upcoming release), what would I need to
> change to start using the .debs again?
>
save your X config, remove the X you installed and install the debs then copy
in your config. Should be fairly painless.
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