Re: Need newer software that included with stable (that isn't at backports.org)
Tim Hull writes:
> On Linux distributions, however, you either have to wait for the next
> distro release (whether that be 4 months or 12 months) or use hackish
> solutions only a Gentoo user could love.
On Debian you can use backports.org.
> I like the tweakability/freedom of Linux, but I just want to be able to
> update, for instance, my kernel ... separate from my glibc and Xorg
> without leaving the realm of the package system.
You can do that with Microsoft Windows and OSX?
> In any case, this is probably best reserved for the -devel list, as it
> has gone outside the scope of my main question (how to make backports)
apt-get build-dep packagename; apt-get source --build packagename
man apt-get
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John Hasler
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