OpenOffice.org2 update?

[Tres Seaver]

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John Skaller wrote:
> On Fri, 2005-06-17 at 10:23 +0200, Dennis Kaarsemaker wrote:
> 
>>On vr, 2005-06-17 at 17:59 +1000, John Skaller wrote:
>>
>>
>>>What is the best way to get breezy packages on to a hoary 
>>>system?
>>
>>Te best is not to try that.
> 
> 
> I have discovered this experimentally.. :)
> 
> My problem is basically: I need a package
> 
> ocaml-3.8.3
> 
> which is not available on hoary, but it is available
> on breezy. 

In order of up-front ease:

  - Find a "backports" repository which carries the version you want
    (then live with the problems of upgrading a system which mixes
    backports with regular packages later).

  - Build the package and any dependencies using the 'deb-src' repos
    from breezy (and pray that the dependencies don't kill you).

  - Build the target yourself and install outside the "normal" location,
    e.g. in /opt or /usr/local.

I would prefer the last, myself:  most of the benefits of using packages
fall away when one wanders outside the "known good" set which makes up
the "base".


Tres.
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