On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 6:59 AM, Alex Mestiashvili <alexander.mestiashv...@biotec.tu-dresden.de> wrote: > On 04/12/2013 01:33 PM, Tom Browder wrote: >> Is it possible to fine tune the package sources so as to use unstable >> only for certain packages? ... > You can try it, but in most cases it is not a good idea. > > Most of the packages have dependencies which are not available in stable > or testing and if you try to get all of them, than after some time your > system will be a mix of unstable and stable/testing.... > > I suggest to get the source packages instead and rebuild them for your > environment.
Sounds like good advice, Alex--a happy medium between ad hoc local updates and a probably more controlled build and local install. I shall look into how to do that. Best regards, -Tom -- 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/CAFMGiz9bXVd9LbCHCvj+b1PnnU=-1y8u7lpk6wnnkf0aqsz...@mail.gmail.com
