Re: just want a newer date, nothing else
"Drew Cohan" <drewcohan@drewcohan.com> writes:
> What's the best way to update /bin/date in shellutils from woody to
> /bin/date in coreutils in sarge or sid?
Just that single program? That's not in Debian's model at all; you'd
need to upgrade the entire package, which would likely involve
bringing in large chunks of unstable. And since you're dealing in
essential packages, reverting is hard.
> 1. Compile from source, replace /bin/date. How do I hold a single
> package within shellutils then?
Probably using dpkg-divert(8).
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