On Thu, Mar 13, 2003 at 03:19:19AM +0100, Raphael Calvelli wrote: > Thanks a lot. > > Now, a question that will look stupid to many, but useful to 5,9 billion > people that didn't deeply read all the docs ;-) : > > I have sarge. Can I use sid version of this program, without using sid > for all the distribution? If yes, how do I install it?
You can use APT::Default-Release "testing"; in your /etc/apt/apt.conf to keep your system mostly at testing (or stable, if that's where you're at) and then use apt-get -t to ask for a given distribution when installing a given package. But, I suspect a large package like evolution will drag in some serious dependencies like the sid-version libc6 and a host of others; you might want to use -s first to see what's going to happen. man apt-get man apt.conf -- "The way the Romans made sure their bridges worked is what we should do with software engineers. They put the designer under the bridge, and then they marched over it." -- Lawrence Bernstein, Discover, Feb 2003
