POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.off-topic : Oh Debian : Re: Oh Debian Server Time
6 Sep 2024 05:14:00 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Oh Debian  
From: Invisible
Date: 13 Feb 2009 10:59:49
Message: <499598f5$1@news.povray.org>
Invisible wrote:
> Ah yes, the wonders of Debian.
> 
> Tell me, is there some way of operating the package manager where you 
> *don't* have to waste hours of your life trying to figure out why it 
> refuses to install the package you need?
> 
> I've tried several different ways, but I can't get any version of the 
> package I want actually installed.
> 
> I'm not sure what else to try here...

Hmm. How interesting. If I do

   apt-get install darcs

I get all sorts of fun and games. However, if I do

   apt-get -t stable install darcs

it works perfectly first time. In fact, *everything* works first time. 
So, um, *why* is this not the default?! o_O

/me walks off shaking his head...


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