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Please look at backports before thinking about apt pinning. Mixing stable with newer releases can sometimes get tricky, while backports are actually designed t
by massysett 13y ago
Please look at backports before thinking about apt pinning. Mixing stable with newer releases can sometimes get tricky, while backports are actually designed to work with the stable release.
I've been using Debian stable on desktops for years now with few problems, and backports have only improved in the past couple of years.
- voltagex_ 13y agoWhat's the difference between me grabbing a package from backports and me doing a build-dep/dpkg-buildpackage from a testing/unstable dsc?
- e12e 13y agoYou'd have to diff the package(sources) -- generally backports will try to be "conservative" in it's dependencies (not pull in a new libc or kernel unless actually needed). I'm not sure (never checked) how far backports go in actual backporting -- but in general they'll be less invasive. I expect there's probably a couple of small patches when needed (say to patch around a newer version of a library not being available if new functionality isn't strictly needed).
- kasabali 13y agoIt's exactly how the backports are built. Fetch from testing, build on stable. Dependencies are not backported unless they are absolutely necessary, only the package.