Re: command-line utility to write/edit iptc info?
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Bruno Buys wrote:
> Ron Johnson wrote:
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>> Bruno Buys wrote:
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>>> Ron Johnson wrote:
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>> You could also:
>> 1. Download the source packages and build them on Sarge. This link
>> points to all the necessary source packages:
>> http://packages.debian.org/unstable/graphics/exiv2
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>> 2. Upgrade to Etch or Sid. If you have a desktop, that's not too
>> scary.
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> 1. When the debian page says 'depends on such and such other packages',
> aren't they going to mess my sarge install? I mean, if this is a sid
> page referring to sid packages, I am not supposed to try to install
> these on my sarge, am I (because I already have the sarge versions of
> everything)?
Yes, Stable+Sid is Recipe For Disaster.
> 2. Yes, I thought of doing this a zillion times. Question is, I have
> seen troubled ppl looking for help over a broken/messed system for one
> reason or another. Fairly put, it doesn't happen all the time (and
> mainly with brazilian users at debian-users-portuguese, that apparently
> can't read english docs easily -- debian portuguese documentation is
> good, but reading english would help a lot). I find myself always
> postponing this move. My current sarge install is 2 years old, and I
> have installed a lot of things without decently documenting what I did.
> If something breaks its gonna be a pain to track it. I know there's dpkg
> --set-selections/dpkg --get-selections if needed. I'd rather have a
> testing machine...
> How much is etch ahead of sarge? which one you run?
Ah, I see. Do a 2-stage upgrade:
Sarge->Etch then Etch->Sid
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Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA USA
Is "common sense" really valid?
For example, it is "common sense" to white-power racists that
whites are superior to blacks, and that those with brown skins
are mud people.
However, that "common sense" is obviously wrong.
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