apt-ing unstable files for a stable box

1999-09-30 Thread David Kanter
Is this bad: having a stable box (i.e., Slink) but using apt to update some files from the unstable tree? Here's why: I have Slink and downloaded Netscape 4.61 from the unstable tree. Why? Getting a stable Netscape never seemed to work; not all the necessary files would download, so I opted to

Re: apt-ing unstable files for a stable box

1999-09-30 Thread Steve Lamb
On Thu, Sep 30, 1999 at 09:06:34AM -0500, David Kanter wrote: Is this bad: having a stable box (i.e., Slink) but using apt to update some files from the unstable tree? Nope. *some* instability might occur, but that doesn't mean it is bad. Just be sensable on what you're doing and it should

Re: apt-ing unstable files for a stable box

1999-09-30 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Thu, 30 Sep 1999, David Kanter wrote: : Is this bad: having a stable box (i.e., Slink) but using apt to : update some files from the unstable tree? Depends on what bad means to you: o It should be alright in the sense that apt will take care of dependencies for you, so there should be no