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Re: newbie apt-get question



On Tue, Jul 27, 2004 at 08:26:26AM -0400, Mark D. Hansen wrote:
> Thanks.  You are right - I'm using stable.  But, I thought that I could
> override the version of Samba (or other packages) included in the
> distribution by using the syntax in my original post (i.e.,
> samba=3.0.5-1).  Am I mistaken?
> 
> Can I customize "stable" so that I use newever versions of some of the
> packages (like Samba)?  If so, is there a "HOW-TO" covering this?
> 
> Thanks again,
> 
> Mark
> 

There are Samba 3.0.4 packages at http://www.backports.org/, that you
can use instead. You shouldn't use the packages from unstable or testing 
since they are compiled against newer versions of system libraries.

Mikael 



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