On 27 Jun 2001 at 14:55 (+0200), Xavier Bestel wrote:
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| Hi !
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| I would like to use some debian testing/unstable packages. Is there an
| equivalent for Progeny, or should I use Debian apt sources ? (I'd prefer
| to use Progeny's, because in sources.list it's written that Debian
| packages may be incompatible)
do not use the binary deb source from unstable. It will not do you
much good, due to the fact that most debs in unstable require a
newer version of glibc (and many other packages) than progeny
ships with (supports?). I have had good luck using the deb-src
apt sources by adding
deb-src http://http.us.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib non-free
deb-src http://non-us.debian.org unstable/non-US main contrib non-free
to the /etc/apt/sources.list file, then
# apt-get update
# apt-get -b source ${PACKAGE}
yes, there are a few hiccups, but most packages compile as cleanly
on progeny as they do on 'unstable'. Be aware that the packages
are in unstable for a reason -- mostly that build-depends are not
quite up to date.
cheers.
brent
| Xav
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