On Fri, 22 Jun 2012 16:23:52 +0000 (UTC)
Camaleón <noelamac@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Fri, 22 Jun 2012 18:48:13 +0300, Vilius Panevėžys wrote:
>
> > I need eclipse >= 3.7 to use plug-ins that refuse to work with the
> > eclipse version available in squeeze. So, I'd be happy with the
> > version from testing.
>
> (...)
>
> Have you considered in getting the upstream package instead¹? Being a
> java based application should be easy to install :-?
>
> ¹http://wiki.eclipse.org/FAQ_Where_do_I_get_and_install_Eclipse%3F
>
> Greetings,
>

Yes, I'll do that as a fallback, but installing packages the manual way
looses all the advantages of the package management system. Let's say
that's an exercise to learn how to use apt along the way, though
I actually need the newer version.


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On Fri, 22 Jun 2012 19:36:30 +0300, Vilius Panevėžys wrote:

> On Fri, 22 Jun 2012 16:23:52 +0000 (UTC) Camaleón <noelamac@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 22 Jun 2012 18:48:13 +0300, Vilius Panevėžys wrote:
>>
>> > I need eclipse >= 3.7 to use plug-ins that refuse to work with the
>> > eclipse version available in squeeze. So, I'd be happy with the
>> > version from testing.
>>
>> (...)
>>
>> Have you considered in getting the upstream package instead¹? Being a
>> java based application should be easy to install :-?
>>
>> ¹http://wiki.eclipse.org/FAQ_Where_do_I_get_and_install_Eclipse%3F
>>
>>
> Yes, I'll do that as a fallback, but installing packages the manual way
> looses all the advantages of the package management system.

That can be if you stick to the stable repo but using a testing package
can even break not only you Eclipse installation (remember that testing
packages update very often...) but badly messing up with system packages/
libraries because of dependencies. I mean, just be very cautius with the
repository priorities when feeding from both sources.

> Let's say that's an exercise to learn how to use apt along the way,
> though I actually need the newer version.

Sure! :-)

Greetings,

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On Friday 22 June 2012 17:36:30 Vilius Panevėžys wrote:
> Yes, I'll do that as a fallback, but installing packages the manual way
> looses all the advantages of the package management system. Let's say
> that's an exercise to learn how to use apt along the way, though
> I actually need the newer version.

Is the package you want available in Squeeze backports?

Lisi


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On Fri, 22 Jun 2012 22:47:00 +0100
Lisi <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> wrote:

> Is the package you want available in Squeeze backports?

Unfortunately, no. [1]

In another thread of this list I've seen someone suggesting
that /etc/apt/apt.conf has been deprecated, so I've tried creating a
file in /etc/apt/atp.conf.d with the default release setting
(effectively moving /etc/apt/apt.conf that I had
to /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/local) to no avail. I've also verified (ls -lu)
that /etc/apt/apt.conf is touched during an upgrade.

So, even though, this particular case isn't a problem (I can easily
install upstream package as Camaleón has suggested), I would appreciate
any help and hints on what mistake(s) I've made and how to safely
maintain a mixed stable/testing system.


[1]
http://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=eclipse&searchon=names&section=all &suite=squeeze-backports


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