Kapil Hari Paranjape wrote: > Hello, > > On Mon, 23 Mar 2009, Arun SAG wrote: >> Upgrade your fedora to 9 or 10.It will have the latest version of software >> you need, its the hassle free way to get the latest version. > > Upgrading should not be the default solution. > > Of course, if you need to support the latest hardware or have the > newest features of some software then there may be no other option. > > However, there _should_ be the option of testing newer software > without having to install/upgrade a working system.
Sure but if you want to actually use the latest software in many cases, you do have to upgrade. > For Debian, there is debootstrap. I believe that for Fedora there is > "mock" --- but I haven't learnt to use it yet. (TODO!) mock is for building packages in a chroot (somewhat like pbuilder in Debian) and more targeted towards developers. The equivalent of debootstrap is febootstrap. http://et.redhat.com/~rjones/febootstrap/ Rahul _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, email [email protected] with "unsubscribe <password> <address>" in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
