using other distro's repos?
anthony baldwin
anthony.baldwin01 at comcast.net
Thu Jan 10 16:11:26 UTC 2008
thomas fisher wrote:
> 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
>
>
>
>
Well...thanks for clearing that up for me, fellas.
I will NOT be using other repos.
/tony
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