On Sun, Jan 09, 2000 at 05:17:36PM -0800, Mike Z. wrote: > > All I really need is an ftp server (I like wu for various reasons) on a > stable system. Why is it that simply upgrading the ftpd would throw my > setup into an 'unstable' version? Is this likely to be a problem whenever > I install recently released software? Is Slink a bit behind when it comes > to c libraries, etc? >
Yes, it is. Without doing any actual checking, I would bet that the wu fix didn't happen until after the conversion to glibc2.1 and just hasn't been backported to slink. > My impression is that many people use potato and it's 'plenty stable' but > I've read a few notes on the list regarding weird anomalies with potato. I > don't really want to be told to use potato because it's okay and then > suffer any odd consequences (as I'm running a server that I expect to be > operational all the time). I haven't had any problems: 00:52 ~ $ ud -d - Uptime for peon - Now : 14:12:45 running Linux 2.2.14 One : 45 day(s), 11:51:13 running Linux 2.2.13, ended Sun Jan 9 01:18:49 2000 Two : 32 day(s), 11:10:43 running Linux 2.2.9, ended Thu Sep 23 09:12:45 1999 Three: 31 day(s), 19:24:26 running Linux 2.2.9, ended Wed Sep 22 17:26:27 1999 I rebooted last night to try the new kernel; was going to play with the framebuffer but couldn't get it to work with my sorry excuse for video hardware. I probably will have the machine up until I move in May. If you're worried about potato packages being unstable, then don't get them unless you're already having trouble with them. If you do decide to upgrade, check bugs.debian.org/<package> and this list for heinous bugs first. Rob -- You will experience a strong urge to do good; but it will pass.