"Post, Mark K" <mark.post@xxxxxxx> writes:
> Not really. Debian will let you install whatever you want, provided
> the dependencies are satisfied.
Which is what is questionnable -- a package from unstable or testing
usually depends on a slightly higher version of libc. Have you tried
it?
> If you set up your apt parms properly, you can download and install
> packages from stable, testing, unstable, etc.
Yes, but if you set up apt to get the needed dependencies (such as the
newer libc) from unstable, they can easily cascade and result in a
copy of unstable replacing your stable installation. As far as I
understand, the recommended way to "backport" packages is by building
the package from source.
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