On Thu, 20 Feb 1997, Ed Down wrote: > Could anyone tell me what the rex-updates and rex-fixed directories are > for? I would have assumed that any packages with serious bugs would be > fixed in the standard rex... If not, what is rex still there for with > 'broken' packages in it? And what happens when you replace your 'rex' > packages file with the 'rex-fixed' one - Does it tell you you need to > upgrade all your packages to rex-fixed level?
It's 5.7.1 in the FAQ. The point is that rex is a release - it never changes, bugs or no bugs. > It would seem simpler to me if we just had two directories containing the > base, x11, non-free, contrib, etc directories: Debian-1.2, which is > 'fixed' of important bugs as they are cleared and would be used by almost > every 'user', and Debian-1.2-devel, which contains the most up-do-date > working release of each package, for use by 'developers'. This makes Debian even more of a moving target, a bad thing. I already keep all the packages I install on two zip disks, so I can easily clone another machine and know it should work (barring hardware differences). David. -- David Wright, Open University, Earth Science Department, Milton Keynes MK7 6AA U.K. email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] tel: +44 1908 653 739 fax: +44 1908 655 151 -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
