Greetings! Francois Maltey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hello Camm, and thanks a lot ! > > When I update axiom on my debian testing (etch) I play with > etc/apt/preference : > > Package: * > Pin: release a=testing > Pin-Priority: 990 > > Package: axiom* > Pin: release a=unstable > Pin-Priority: 900 > > And an update after, I break the x11 driver (an ati fglrx driver) > and the ipw2200 module. Yes, my understanding is that apt will bring in just enough packages from unstable to satisfy axiom's binary dependencies, which, being linked against X11 through axiom-graphics, will bring in unstable x11 too. This is just a tip for how I do such things -- it works remarkably well for me. Find a spare partition somewhere on your filesystem (could just be a directory with enough disk space), and create and unstable dchroot system in it. One can then log into this system and run programs from within it without affecting the stable system housing the kernel and everything else. Check the docs, but the outline is: 1) Build debootstrap from source on stable -- apt-get -q -b source debootstrap. (Have your deb-src resources in /etc/apt/sources.list point to unstable.) Likewise with dchroot. Install these two packages on your stable system. 2) Run debootstrap pointing it to the directory you wish to house your unstable system. Configure dchroot to log in to this as a chroot environment. Setup your and root passwords in the chroot. 3) exit out of chroot, and bind mount any partitins you would like to share. e.g. mount -o bind /home /unstable/home. I suggest at least home,tmp, and dev/pts if it is a separate fileystem. Then mount -t proc proc /unstable/proc. 4) dchroot into the chroot, configure apt, update, upgrade, and install unstable axiom. You should then be able to run the latest Debian axiom from within this environment without modifying your surrounding stable system. Take care, > > I pass a lot of hours to try to repare my system, but I can't. > > I'll buy a new disk, and make 2 PARTITIONS on my laptop. > One with a stable linux (even if it's a testing version) > and one for frequent update. > > So I don't test axiom before som days, but I will do it. > Wait the time I install a clean debian. > > Have a good day. > > Francois > > > -- Camm Maguire [EMAIL PROTECTED] ========================================================================== "The earth is but one country, and mankind its citizens." -- Baha'u'llah _______________________________________________ Axiom-developer mailing list [email protected] http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/axiom-developer
