using other distro's repos?

[thomas fisher]

On Thursday 10 January 2008 00:10:28 Peter Garrett wrote:
> On Thu, 10 Jan 2008 01:31:45 -0500
>
> anthony baldwin <anthony.baldwin01 at comcast.net> wrote:
> > Is it possible to enable repos from other .deb based distros?
>
> Yes, it's *possible*  Dogs can walk on  their hind legs, too...
>
> > For instance, would it be possible...or, perhaps, rather, would it
> > work, to add, for instance, Mepis repos to my apt sources list, or linux
> > mint (I know
> > they use ubuntu repos)?
>
> Be *very* *very* careful... different distros, Debian-based though they
> may be, are not necessarily using *currently* Ubuntu-compatible packages.
> For example, Debian Sid is a moving target, Debian testing is a moving
> target, Debian stable is behind and not moving... that's what "stable"
> means in the Debian context, amongst other things.... as it does in
> Ubuntu for that matter. At any given time. whether any of these are
> compatible with Ubuntu ( $VERSION) is either a lottery or requires an
> intimate knowledge of the state of development of both/all  distros
> concerned. At the least, it requires common sense ( "Help, I updated libc6
> from $REPO and now everything is b0rked!")
>
> > We can use actual Debian repos, no?
>
> See above, You get to keep all the pieces if it breaks...
>
> > I'm also wondering if on an rpm based distro, if one can add repos from
> > other distros.
> > (ie, say you are using PCLOS, can you add fedora repos?)
>
> No idea. Totally off-topic  <points at list name>  *grin*
>
> > Would this be potentially detrimental?
>
> Almost certainly, since afaik PCLOS is based on Mandriva, not Red
> Hat/Fedora
>
> > Should I be asking this on the apt-rpm  or apt lists?
>
> You would probably get flamed...
>
> > Do I ask too many silly questions?
>
> Not so much silly as directed to the wrong list?
>
> > What color socks are you wearing?
>
> Socks are superfluous :) Ask the ghost of Einstein. Oh, shaving cream is
> also superfluous...
>
> > (Hey, at least I'm not writing upside down...)
>
> No, just thinking upside down :)
> It used to be known as "a rush of blood to the head " I believe...  ( /me
> runs and ducks)
>
> Peter
While this thread is running:
  Does the  alien   package distributed with the particular ubuntu release 
prevent any breaking of the release, or does it simply do a transliteration?
Tom