On Fri, 2007-04-13 at 17:33 -0400, Kamaraju S Kusumanchi wrote: > Hi all > I want to run software only from Stable (ie Etch) when I am doing > non-debian related work. However, when I am doing debian related work > (ex :- fixing some bugs in the BTS) I want to work in unstable (ex :- > compile packages for sid). Is this kind of think possible? > > The easiest idea is to run two machines one with unstable and one with > stable. But I dont have the luxury of running two machines. > > I also thought of installing 2 Debian versions on the same machine and > sharing the /home directory. But I am skeptical about compatibility of rc > files across different versions. (Ex:- vim 7's rc files may not work with > vim 6's rc files etc.,) > > Is there any other elegant solution? I have heard about chroot, pbuilder > etc., Will they be of any help in this scenario?
Yes, this is what you are looking for. http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/reference/ch-tips.en.html#s-chroot http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/maint-guide/ch-checkit.en.html#s-pbuilder -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
