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Re: pkgsrc on Debian GNU/Linux




Ognyan -

I use Debian Etch (stable) and I needed GIMP 2.4 so I decided to try pkgsrc.
This is my second time of using pkgsrc on Linux and I'm disappointed again by
not enough documentation about pkgsrc on Linux. I think some of the things
below should at least be mentioned in pkgsrc documentation, so that people
don't waste hours finding such things.

I used to run a mixed stable/testing Debian with not a lot of trouble, have you tried that route? You might also check out Martin Krafft's very good _The Debian System_ for hints about how to configure the dpkg/apt system to get a particular version of a software package. I don't recall the details of how to do it but it might be less labor-intensive.

Just a thought.

GB

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