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The problem isn't so much that Debian packages or the ecosystem "breaks" as such, but that you run in to bugs (sometimes already fixed ones), and that you're th
by Carpetsmoker 7y ago
The problem isn't so much that Debian packages or the ecosystem "breaks" as such, but that you run in to bugs (sometimes already fixed ones), and that you're then basically stuck with that unless you, the maintainer, or someone else decides to backport the fix, and they frequently don't get backported especially not for "minor" bugs.
- kevin_thibedeau 7y agoJust compile it yourself and put it in /usr/local.
- Carpetsmoker 7y agoWell, yeah, but that's bypassing the package manager. You can say that in response to pretty much every argument about "I don't like package manager X because Y".
- useragent86 7y agoUse "checkinstall" instead of "make install". It builds and installs packages automatically.