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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