gtk-imonc from Debian unstable not available in Ubuntu

Matt Zimmerman mdz at canonical.com
Thu Oct 28 05:19:56 UTC 2004


On Tue, Oct 26, 2004 at 12:05:43PM +0200, Christoph Bier wrote:

> The FAQ says mixing Debian packages with Ubuntu packages is a bad
> idea. Will gtk-imonc from Debian unstable soon find its way to the
> Ubuntu respositories?

Yes, we will import new packages into Hoary.

> Or should I fetch the Debian unstable source
> of gtk-imonc and use dpkg-buildpackage to build a deb on my
> girl-friends desktop?

You could do that as well.  You could also install the binary, either with
apt or dpkg, just remember not to leave the entry in your sources.list if
you add it temporarily.

-- 
 - mdz




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