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From: Ludovic Brenta <ludovic@ludovic-brenta.org>
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Subject: Re: Missing Ada components in Ubuntu
Date: Mon, 26 May 2008 03:06:02 -0700 (PDT)
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Georg Bauhaus wrote:
> OTOH, since GNAT
> work in Debian is always ahead, and is work in progress, why
> not get one of the free virtualization programs and run a Debian
> within it. This works nicely and leaves room for experiments.

That's not necessary. A chroot is sufficient. One can run Debian
stable, Debian testing and Debian unstable in different chroots on top
of an Ubuntu (or Gentoo, or Red Hat or whatever) installation. I
should know. The ada-france server runs Gentoo and has a Debian stable
chroot in it.

--
Ludovic Brenta.