Hi Gunnar On 6 Jan 2010, at 19:39, Gunnar Wolf wrote:
Thanks for the explanation. I would much prefer to use testing, rather than unstable. Could you please instruct me how to do that? Is it just a case of following the instructions below, but replacing the word "unstable" with "testing"? Thank you for your patience! Regards, Dave > > Cherokee does not have deep dependencies, so apt-pinning might be > enough for you. I'll explain in short, ask me to ellaborate if you > feel it is needed. > > The «apt» suite can handle more than one set of packages with > different priorities. If you want to get the latest Cherokee off > unstable, you can make your /etc/apt/sources.list be: > > /------------------------------------------------------------ > | deb http://ftp.mx.debian.org/debian/ lenny main > | deb-src http://ftp.mx.debian.org/debian/ lenny main > | > | deb http://ftp.mx.debian.org/debian/ sid main > | deb-src http://ftp.mx.debian.org/debian/ sid main > \------------------------------------------------------------ > > And set your preferences to lenny in /etc/apt/preferences: > > /------------------------------------------------------------ > | Package: * > | Pin: release a=stable > | Pin-priority: 900 > | > | Package: * > | Pin: release a=unstable > | Pin-priority: 200 > \------------------------------------------------------------ > > Just make the pin-priority lower. Then, «aptitude update» to get the > full lists, and install Cherokee from unstable: > > # aptitude -t unstable install cherokee > > In my case, that pulls newer versions of libssl-dev, libssl0.9.8 and > mysql-common to fulfill dependencies. Of course, this _might_ break > other packages depending on those specific versions, but it is not > very likely. > > As a side note, I suggest you to use testing («squeeze») instead of > unstable. It will result in new packages appearing usually ten days > later, but at least it will save your systems from me uploading > something b0rken (which _has_ happened). > > Greetings, > > -- > Gunnar Wolf • [email protected] • (+52-55)5623-0154 / 1451-2244 _______________________________________________ Cherokee mailing list [email protected] http://lists.octality.com/listinfo/cherokee
