Re: debian testing install bugs util-linux

["Monique Y. Mudama" <spam@bounceswoosh.org>]

On 2004-04-12, Joe penned:
> Hello, 
>
>     I am new to Debian, but not new to Linux.  I have an old laptop
>     and of course Fedora wont install on it, so I decided to try
>     Debian.  I installed the stable release, but did not like the fact
>     that it installed with kernel 2.2.20 when 2.6.2 was already out
>     (along with the fact that there were a lot of old packages).  
>
>     So I have decided to install the testing release and ran into a
>     few bugs, but not sure how to use the Debian bug system to search
>     on the items.

You could choose a more recent kernel for stable without having to
upgrade the whole system.  Is this a redhat-ism, to associate a given
kernel with a given version of the distribution?

Anyway, testing is arguably less stable than unstable, and security
patches get to testing much later than they get to either stable or
unstable.  I would argue against using testing, especially if you are
new to Debian.

Also, you can find out which bugs have been filed for a given package
like so:

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?pkg=packagename

for example,

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?pkg=mutt

[snip]

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monique