On 12/19/2013 11:07 AM, Stan Hoeppner wrote: > On 12/19/2013 9:54 AM, Verde Denim wrote: >> Just checking in to get a consensus - >> >> I'm running a (very stable) Debian workstation with Wheezy that has a >> lot of development/testing applications installed. I tried an install of >> hopper disassembler that threw errors concerning GLIBC and libffi so I >> contacted the package maintainers who told me that they setup an >> environment with Debian Jessie and the package works as expected. I'd >> like to work with this package, but am a curious to know if upgrading >> the release from Wheezy to Jessie might cause other issues with the >> large number of packages already running well. Any input, as always, is >> greatly appreciated. > Why take any chances? Install/run Jessie and the application in a > virtual machine. > Stan
Thanks for the reply. I thought of that, but the package I'm after is an integral part of my test platform for assessing mobile code. I really do need to have it in the toolbox. Maybe a more pertinent question is - how stable is Jessie at this point... If the basics of a workstation platform are workable, I might take a chance on upgrading. I also thought of the 'safer' path in building a vm, adding each app to see how it goes and determine what needs to be 'tweaked' as I go, and finally, building a physical system from the virtual one (assuming VirtualBox allows this to occur on a solid state drive). The dist-upgrade would be the shorter path, but I don't want to clobber an entire environment in an effort to save myself some work. -- Regards Jack Boston Tea Party, Coercive Acts, Powder Alarm, Revolution Lessons (Mistakes) not learned are bound to be repeated. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/52b31f4e.6050...@gmail.com
