On Son, Mär 31, 2002 at 12:38:28 -0800, Alan Su wrote: > in order to do this, i'm manually using dpkg to install packages that > i download from the unstable distribution. however, for this to work, > i need to upgrade a bunch of other packages on which these few > packages depend. is there a way to determine the set of packages > which must be installed (from the unstable distribution) before i go > about installing the packages i want? thanks for any ideas you might > have!
the way i usaually do, to work with mixed debian systems: 1. point 'deb' to your "stable" branch and "deb-src" to your branch which you want to mix (in sources.list) 2. do apt-get update 3. apt-get -b source <package> it will fetch, patch, compile and build a debian package for your environment from the deb-src branch. if something fails (which is very usual in unstable), patch for yourself (and report bugs) and try building manually with dpkg-buildpackage -b -uc if everyhting goes well, you have a binary .deb which is suited for your environment. i usually don't mess around with binary packages for different branches. building up from source is the way i learned to like. the aftermath with it is, you probably have to update some other stuff like libs if they doesn't contain a requested feature. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]