On Tue, 16 May 2017 15:15:25 +0000, Arnt wrote in message <uXIaIuLX7XRHdNLz7RZ6Lay44Txd6ePikX58SlQGgO4=.sha-256@antelope.email>:
> Better yet, don't change in a year. > > Cross-distribution apt-get is > risky, in the sense that you may often be the first person to try > your combination. I would rather look at building from source or > contributing packages to devuan, so as to avoid that risk. > Contributing also takes time, but you get to decide when. > > Arnt ..also worth noting, is all the dirty tricks that can be pulled (and combined) at compile time to escape file name conflicts; a dozen years ago I learned it was possible to prepend and/or append things like svn commit IDs or build flags to FlightGear binaries, using the tool set we had back then to e.g install several FlightGear builds, side-by-side, to e.g. benchmark new ideas or X drivers etc, but I must admit I'm not aware of anyone actually using these tricks, AFAIR this idea was seen as "neat but total overkill for what we are doing here." :o) -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt Karlsen ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case. _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list [email protected] https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
