Don: Thanks. Is the following a correct procedure for etch amd64? (modified from a recipe I found for sarge):
(1) Add this line to your /etc/apt/sources.list file deb http://www.backports.org/debian/ etch-backports main contrib non-free (i.e., "etch" in place of "sarge") (2) Add the following lines to your /etc/apt/apt-file.conf That will deactivate all packages from backports.org Package: * Pin: release a=etch-backports Pin-Priority: 200 (i.e."apt-file.conf" in place of "preferences" and "etch" in place of "sarge"). (3) #apt-get -t etch-backports install <packagename> (i.e., "etch" in place of "sarge"). Thanks francesco --- Don Armstrong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 22 Jun 2007, Francesco Pietra wrote: > > (1) Which the reason for removing "checkinstall" from > > "etch", in view of my reasons above? > > http://packages.qa.debian.org/c/checkinstall/news/20060204T220817Z.html > > > (2) How to remedy? Just by compiling on "etch" > > "checkinstall" from source? Or are dependencies not > > hurtled if a install "checkinstall" with "apt-get > > install" on "etch" "checkinstall" taked from "lenny"? > > Backport whatever version of checkinstall you want to use to etch. > > > Don Armstrong > > -- > "One disk to rule them all, One disk to find them. One disk to bring > them all and in the darkness grind them. In the Land of Redmond > where the shadows lie." -- The Silicon Valley Tarot > > http://www.donarmstrong.com http://rzlab.ucr.edu > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Yahoo! oneSearch: Finally, mobile search that gives answers, not web links. http://mobile.yahoo.com/mobileweb/onesearch?refer=1ONXIC -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
