On Fri, 08 Jul 2005 23:12:24 +0200 Matthijs <vanaalten@hotmail.com> wrote: > In the APT-HowTo, I found a section on 'keeping a mixed system': > http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/apt-howto/ch-apt-get.en.html#s-default-version > > Would that be a good & nice solution instead of compiling the kernel > yourself? I tried to keep a mixed system when I first started using Debian, but ran into some ugly incompatibilities. One GCC upgrade in unstable can ruin your whole day if your running software from stable. I eventually settled on using unstable for my desktop and stable with back-ports and custom kernels where necessary for servers and client machines. I would not recommend a mixed system. It is really very easy to make kernel packages with the Debian tools. You should give it a try. -- Bill Thompson BillT@Mahagonny.com
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