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On Sun, Jul 9, 2017 at 2:59 PM, Ста Деюс <sthu.deus@×××××××××××.org> wrote: |
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> Hi. |
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> Is it possible to compile/install a testing version of a package w/ its |
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> dependencies on a stable OS installation? -- I mean, if a have stable |
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> installation of whole the system, can i compile and install a testing |
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> version of single package and the packages this single package depends |
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> on? |
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I run mixed stable and testing packages, and it seems to work very |
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well. The issues I have had had made me consider switching to entirely |
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testing (~amd64) because a lot of issues are actually |
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incompatibilities between stable and testing packages. There are some |
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people in the IRC channel on Freenode who will recommend the same |
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thing. |
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Building on what Rich said, most people will help you get unstable |
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packages working, but every now and then you will run into an issue |
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that requires bugfixes by the original package developers. Often in |
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this case the only solution available is waiting. Sometimes someone |
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will be able to help you patch the code if the problem has already |
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been solved but there hasn't been a release. (Sometimes Gentoo |
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contributors will create entirely new patches, but that is the |
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exception.) |
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R0b0t1. |
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