Debian 3.0 (woody) packages

[Sean Knox]

Greg, I didn't know about the /etc/apt/preferences trick...very useful!

However, as Sean M. points out, to install nagios-text from unstable, 
you have to install an unstable version of libc6, which *many* programs 
are dependent upon. It is never wise to install unstable libs on a 
production box. I believe the only option at this point, aside from 
introducting unstable packages on your machine, is to install all 
components in one location, modify httpd.conf accordingly, and note any 
other modifications made.

-sk


Greg Vickers wrote:

> Sean,
> Under Debian, if your sources.list contains unstable, you can just 
> apt-get install nagios-text (currently 1.0b5-21 - Thanks Turbo!) and 
> you will be underway.
>
> If you are running stable, put the following in your /etc/apt/sources 
> file:
>
> #cat /etc/apt/sources.list
> deb http://ftp.au.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib non-free
> deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib non-free
> deb http://ftp.au.debian.org/debian-non-US unstable/non-US main 
> contrib non-free
>
> And the following in your /etc/apt/preferences file:
>
> #cat /etc/apt/preferences
> Package: *
> Pin: release a=stable
> Pin-Priority: 900
>
> Package: *
> Pin: release a=unstable
> Pin-Priority: -10
>
>
> That way when you do apt-get upgrade you will only get the stable 
> package updated, NOT the unstable packages (the pin-priority -10 sets 
> the unstable packages to never-automatically-update).
>
> To install nagios from unstable, do this:
> apt-get -t unstable install nagios-text
>
> and you are off - note that nagios will not be updated from the 
> unstable dist unless you issue the above command again.
>
> Have fun,
> Greg
>
> At 06:49 24/10/2002, Sean McAvoy wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>> I have been fighting to get some packages (either rpm->deb via alien, or
>> port the sid packages to woody). Has anyone else attempted this with
>> luck, of if not what were the problems? How have other Debian (3.0
>> woody) used nagios. Comments appreciated.
>> Thanks
>>
>>
>> --
>> Sean McAvoy
>> Network Analyst
>> Megawheels Technologies Inc.
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>
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