Re: Best way to install a few testing pkgs on stable system
On 19/10/2007, Gordon Pedersen <gordon@visi.com> wrote:
> Running an etch system I nonetheless may want to install a testing
> package or two.
>
> If I use pinning, I have a clue about how to go about it, and have
> seen a debian wiki page about that.
>
> But I really could use a more general education on how to safely mix a
> few testing pkgs into a stable system.
>
> If there is a safe way in some cases I'd like to learn more about it.
> (I doubt it's safe in all cases, based on my recent need to abandon
> installing rubygems from testing into my etch system).
>
> Does anyone have suggested methods or reading?
Do you know of backports.org? would that provide the packages you require?
Adrian
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<erno> hm. I've lost a machine.. literally _lost_. it responds to
ping, it works completely, I just can't figure out where in my
apartment it is.
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