Re: Updating without Apt

Andrew Gray writes:
> I love Debian. I love apt. The Debian/Apt combination has allowed me to use
> software I would have never before dreamed to be possible to use. I'm quite
> content with my system at the moment. My problem comes when a piece of
> software that I use with frequency is updated by the developers in a major
> way. The Debian repositories do not reflect this change, and likely won't
> for some time.

> The software in question is emacs22.

toncho/~ apt-cache madison emacs

     emacs | 22.0.99+1-1 | 
ftp://ftp.us.debian.org experimental/main Packages
     emacs |  21.4a+1-5 | 
ftp://ftp.us.debian.org unstable/main Packages
   emacs21 |  21.4a+1-5 | 
ftp://ftp.us.debian.org unstable/main Sources
   emacs22 | 22.0.99+1-1 | 
ftp://ftp.us.debian.org experimental/main Sources

-- 
John Hasler


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