On Sat, 8 Mar 2008 17:09:19 +0100, Heiko Schlittermann
<hs@???> wrote:
>Marc Haber <mh+exim-users@???> (Sa 08 Mär 2008 16:30:36 CET):
>> On Sat, 8 Mar 2008 11:27:52 +0100, Heiko Schlittermann
>> <hs@???> wrote:
>> >[ though, Debian stable has exim version, 4.63, if you need 4.69 you
>> > should include lenny in your sources list ]
>>
>> Mixing Debian distributions in one sources.list is a very very bad
>> idea, having you end up with the disadvantages of both. Don't do that.
>
>You're right. I should have mentioned:
>
> Apt::Default-Release "stable";
>
>in apt.conf, or approbiate settings in apt/preferences.
Even then it's dangerous as your first binary package pulled from one
of the "newer" distributions is likely to pull in its libraries from a
"newer" distribution as well and you end up with buggy unreleased
libraries and outdated stable packages.
Do not do that, pinning and default-release are both dangerous
misfeatures.
Greetings
Marc
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