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Re: Iceweasel version question



On Fri, Dec 28, 2007 at 06:42:45PM +0100, Sven Joachim wrote:
> On 2007-12-28 18:04 +0100, Florian Kulzer wrote:
> 
> > Lenny seems to be stuck at the older (probably vulnerable) version
> > because other release-critical bugs were found in the fixed version(s)
> > in Sid.
> 
> Not quite.  The reason Lenny is stuck at 2.0.0.8 is that the current
> version is not built on arm:
> http://bjorn.haxx.se/debian/testing.pl?package=iceweasel 
> 
> In testing all architectures must be in sync, so iceweasel cannot get
> in.  This is a fairly common problem; the great number of architectures
> Debian supports is actually a big disadvantage for testing users on the
> major platforms.

AIUI if you are running testing then you should also have an unstable
repository in your sources.list. I presume you just pin it to a lower
level and use the -t switch with aptitude or apt-get.

Is that the general consensus?

-- 
Chris.
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