Re: installing gnash on amd64 etch...

[Florian Kulzer <florian.kulzer+debian@icfo.es>]

On Sun, Aug 12, 2007 at 16:08:03 +0000, Michael Fothergill wrote:
>
> /gnash#
>> >
>> > If I dig around in the debian packages and find later versions of libc6
>> > and libgcc etc so that gnash will install will it be reasonably safe
>> > adding stuff from unstable to the etch release I am using?
>>
>> NO!  Installing Unstable (and often Testing) packages onto Stable is
>> a grand invitation to instability.
>
> Thanks for the advice.  I will keep my nose out of gnash unless I decide at 
> some point to install debian testing (Lenny) etc.......

You can set up a Sid chroot on your Etch system:

http://wiki.debian.org/BuildingAChroot

This can be a 32-bit chroot if you want to run 32-bit proprietary
applications like flashplayer or Adobe reader.

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