At 11:16 pm, Monday, February 25 2002, Matthew Dalton mumbled:
> If all you want to do is install libdb3 (which exists in testing and
> unstable, but not in stable), your best bet is to 'apt-get source' the
> libdb3 source package from testing or unstable, and build it against
> potato's libraries. That way you won't have to upgrade libc.
> 
> You'll need a deb-src line in your sources.list. Also, read the apt-get
> man page for the 'source' command and the '--build' switch.
> 
*And* you'll need to build libdb2 from testing or unstable as well, since
libdb3 conflicts with the potato version of the package. On second thought,
just ask Matt Hope[1] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, if he has backported the db packages
to potato.

[1]: Matt Hope - the only developer wanting to run sid on potato.

-- 
                                           Steve
Why is it called "common sense" when nobody seems to have any?

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