From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,413f905778ed0a5 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2004-02-14 01:56:38 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news2.google.com!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!news-FFM2.ecrc.net!uio.no!ntnu.no!not-for-mail From: Preben Randhol Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: KDevelop 3.0 released - was Ada popularity Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2004 09:56:38 +0000 (UTC) Organization: PVV Message-ID: References: <08WdnUMRGICNz73dRVn-jw@comcast.com> <1800137.vuyDniY0Zv@linux1.krischik.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: k-083152.nt.ntnu.no X-Trace: tyfon.itea.ntnu.no 1076752598 16597 129.241.83.152 (14 Feb 2004 09:56:38 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@itea.ntnu.no NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2004 09:56:38 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: slrn/0.9.8.0 (Linux) Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:5568 Date: 2004-02-14T09:56:38+00:00 List-Id: On 2004-02-13, Georg Bauhaus wrote: > Preben Randhol wrote: >:> 2) Install in /opt or some such >: >: It depends which program it is. If it is gcc, then why not rather >: install the version you need from unstable? > > Because of program and library dependences, configuration options, > the lack of a possibility to use the most recent fixes etc. > It is sort of my own unstable area that can be "switched off" ;-) But you can get the source pack and rebuild that on your arcitecture and then install this package. Then you get the advantage of the debian package system, and avoid the pitfalls. -- "Saving keystrokes is the job of the text editor, not the programming language."