Question about package dependencies, package versions and distro releases

[Severin Schoepke]

Hi Peter,

thanks alot for the detailed explanations!

Peter Garrett schrieb:
>> Now to my questions:
>> - Is this 'bad' (using packages from another distro)?
>>     
>
> generally yes 
>
>
> [snip]
>   

So I think I won't mess with this kind of stuff again... I like my 
system to be 'clean' :-)

> You were lucky :) You can look at "pinning" if you are interested in
> pusuing this - for example 
>
> http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/apt-howto/ch-apt-get.en.html#s-default-version
> http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/apt-howto/ch-apt-get.en.html#s-pin
>
> You can also install the apt howto with apt ;)
>   

Thanks for the hint regarding apt-howto ;-)



cheers, Severin