Folks, I run a little home office network. Most of it is stable, slink at the moment, but I like to keep some stuff really leading edge (Java, DocBook/Jade, egcs &c).
A simple way to do this would SEEM to be to use apt/deity. It'd be great to be able to say: keep everything stable according to my CDs and the ftp site, but keep the following packages (and anything they depend on) up-to-date according to the unstable FTP site. apt/deity doesn't seem to be able to do this. A simple alternative would be to have a local directory that contains just the .deb files I'd like to be unstable, and to include this in '/etc/apt/sources.list'. That doesn't work either! I have to add a bunch of support files (the 'Packages' file, and now some other file). It seems that there isn't a simple way to fulfill my simple, common need. Can someone make a suggestion? Simon Read Formal ASICs, Ltd. Suite 215 222 Main Street Annapolis MD 21401-2005 Telephone: 1 410 280 0228 Data/Fax: 1 410 280 2099 E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] WWW: www.formasic.com