On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 00:35, Camaleón <noela...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, 14 Jun 2011 10:37:28 -0500, Noah Duffy wrote: > > (...) > >> Is it recommended to install packages from testing? I know this often >> also updates dependencies that other software may use causing the system >> to potentially not be as secure or stable. > > I'd say that would depend on the package you want to upgrade. > > Look, Banshee for squeeze depends on libc6 >= 2.7 but in wheezy needs >= > 2.13. Will you update your libc6? I, for sure, wouldn't :-)
An alternative is to add a deb-src line for wheezy or sid, whichever you want, to sources.list and attempt a "simple sid backport" with apt-get source -b. This will download the updated source and compile it on your system, using the libc6 you currently have unless it build-depends on a new libc6. Of course make sure you have build-essentials and the like installed. There's also a simple backporting tutorial on the debian user forums here: http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=38976 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/BANLkTimuZwG+YaE8L�vkytv+hb59g...@mail.gmail.com
