Re: Why packages in testing/unstable require the newer shared libraries ?

2008-11-27 Thread Micha Feigin
for the next stable release of debian. It's too long. I read http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Program-Library-HOWTO/shared-libraries.html, http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-sharedlibs.html and some other articles however I don't understand: Why packages in testing/unstable require the newer shared

Why packages in testing/unstable require the newer shared libraries ?

2008-11-26 Thread Boris Toloknov
, http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-sharedlibs.html and some other articles however I don't understand: Why packages in testing/unstable require the newer shared libraries ? Thanks, Boris

Re: Why packages in testing/unstable require the newer shared libraries ?

2008-11-26 Thread Eugene V. Lyubimkin
Boris Toloknov wrote: Will my system be broken after upgrading libc6* along with locales, tzdata and binutils from testing(lenny) repository ? It probably won't. Lenny is in freeze for several months now. If not then it means that other programs ( for example bash ) are able to work with

Re: Why packages in testing/unstable require the newer shared libraries ?

2008-11-26 Thread Kelly Clowers
On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 10:53, Boris Toloknov [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip I read http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Program-Library-HOWTO/shared-libraries.html, http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-sharedlibs.html and some other articles however I don't understand: Why packages in testing/unstable

Re: Why packages in testing/unstable require the newer shared libraries ?

2008-11-26 Thread Boris Toloknov
Eugene, Thank you for the answers. Now it's more clear to me. I wish every package was in backports or at least packages which can be put there easily because typical home user ( including me ) doesn't want to wait for the next release or to compile everything. Boris Eugene V. Lyubimkin

Re: Why packages in testing/unstable require the newer shared libraries ?

2008-11-26 Thread Kelly Clowers
On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 13:00, Boris Toloknov [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Eugene, Thank you for the answers. Now it's more clear to me. I wish every package was in backports or at least packages which can be put there easily because typical home user ( including me ) doesn't want to wait for the