Ubuntu compatibility with Debian?

crimsun at fungus.sh.nu crimsun at fungus.sh.nu
Sun May 8 01:48:57 UTC 2005


On Sat, May 07, 2005 at 09:35:37PM -0400, David Teague wrote:
> Unstable, and Experimental? If I choose some package 
> from say Unstable and install it in Hoary, am I asking for
> difficulty?     

Generally speaking, packages are compatible, but it is recommended
strongly that you refrain from mixing repositories.

> I have been advised that the changes Ubuntu makes in
> the packages and the system are great enough to have 
> installing packages from Debian cause considerable
> pain. 

Pain in the form of overwriting files (conflicts) and missing
packages (depends) is certainly well-known. A great deal of effort
is put into the Ubuntu packages in Ubuntu's repositories to ensure
the packages work together; packages that aren't built with Ubuntu's
dependencies cannot be guaranteed even to install.

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Daniel T. Chen          crimsun at fungus.sh.nu
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