On Fri, Sep 12, 2003 at 11:19:35AM +0200, Alex Polite wrote: > Package pinning is driving my crazy. Every now and then I just have to > have something that is only available in testing or unstable. My > favorite option is to download the source, compile it myself and > install in /usr/local but every now and then it's a big thing like > evolution which has a gazillion dependencies. > > So I do apt-get -t unstable <package> > > Almost without exemption this will lead to hairy dependency > problems.
This is a very bad idea, as you've found out. It's much easier to find a backport (see http://www.apt-get.org/, for instance) or produce one yourself. I wish pinning didn't exist. > I want to install stable, testing and unstable under separate > directories. All stable packs, configuration files etc goes under > /stable, testing packs goes under /testing and so on. You could set up chroots like this using debootstrap. (Just be sure to use the unstable version; earlier versions aren't guaranteed to be able to install testing or unstable.) You might have to do ssh X forwarding or something to run X clients from inside the chroot, though. Cheers, -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
