Re: (more about) portage issues and simple/basic hacks/ideas about how to ?deal with them ...
- From: John Hasler <john@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2007 20:33:38 -0600
Mark writes:
I like the stability of Debian on my servers, by some of my Debian desktop
packages urgently need an update. Debian backports is not always up to date.
I like the idea of a cutting edge Gentoo based desktop system...
Consider Debian/Testing or Debian/Unstable. You couls also download the
source for the packages you need to update from Unstable and backport them
yourself. It usually consists of little more than building the package on
your Stable system.
...and I want the ability to build the entire system from source, because
I want to make some code changes.
Download the Debian sources for the packages you wish to change, make your
changes, build the package, and install it. It's quite easy, and you need
know little or nothing about Debian packaging. There is no need to build
the entire system from source just to make some changes.
--
John Hasler
john@xxxxxxxxxx
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, WI USA
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