On Wed, Nov 01, 2000 at 05:22:27PM +1100, Rodos wrote: > Okay I am now a debanite (?) so want to know the way. Take the red pill, iirc. > Mhonarc has a new version released so the package is now out of sync. I am > wondering what I do to be able to run the new version. The easiest thing > would be to remove the package and build the tarball and move on. However > is there a way to request to get the new version updated in unstable or is > there a way that I can do this myself? You have a couple of choices: 1. Compile yourself and take it out from the packaging system. If you do, use stow to help manage /usr/local/ 2. use unstable and the binaries from unstable; either by looking at http://incoming.debian.org/ or by putting unstable deb lines in /etc/apt/source.list 3. use unstable source and recompile the it as a .deb using dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -us -uc For this put deb-src lines in /etc/apt/source.list, apt-get source <package> and continue as normal > > The maintainer is the "Debian QA Group" and I a little uncertain as to who > they are. Do I just enter it as a bug. You can, but a request for a new version should normally be filed as a wishlist unless it fixes a security problem when it should be important. > The reason I want the new version is that MHonArc has some new features to > make it easier to generate the required XML for the SLUG Pearls! I have > not forgotten. What features? Jeff will be after me to get the new version of mhonarc on the slug box so information is useful. Anand -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
