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Both of your suggested commands do exactly the same thing. Lots of packages would be upgraded to the sid versions, including libc6.xlepws wrote:see what happens
So what would be the command to install a single package, leaving all dependencies "unsolved" (or say, from the current release? I have found a (very old) discussion which mentions something like that: https://linuxaria.com/howto/how-to-inst ... an-testing; has anything changed since?Head_on_a_Stick wrote:Both of your suggested commands do exactly the same thing.xlepws wrote:see what happens
I will learn from this post, thanks man (In my mind I'd create a snapshot with timeshift or similar, then revert if anything went wrong). Btw Steve himself replied in the thread I linked above, saying best would be to backport..still trueInstalling stuff from sid in a Debian stable system is a really stupid idea unless the user actually knows what they're doing, please don't post "advice" like that.
There's a very good reason why stevepusser has gone to the trouble of backporting the packages to the stable release.
That would only work if the dependencies were unversioned or if they had dependency versions that were satisfied by the packages in stable and that is not the case for many of the Cinnamon desktop packages.xlepws wrote:So what would be the command to install a single package, leaving all dependencies "unsolved" (or say, from the current release? I have found a (very old) discussion which mentions something like that: https://linuxaria.com/howto/how-to-inst ... an-testing
I believe you I will install a Deb10 stable and try myself though..maybe This said, I was just wondering if the 2 commands I suggested (after reading them on the page I linked) are meant to do the same thing..or 2 different things (1st with dependencies, 2nd without) but eventually result in the same output.Head_on_a_Stick wrote:That would only work if the dependencies were unversioned or if they had dependency versions that were satisfied by the packages in stable and that is not the case for many of the Cinnamon desktop packages.xlepws wrote:So what would be the command to install a single package, leaving all dependencies "unsolved" (or say, from the current release? I have found a (very old) discussion which mentions something like that: https://linuxaria.com/howto/how-to-inst ... an-testing
I simulated your suggested commands on my buster box and in both cases a whole mass of dependencies from sid were pulled in, including libc6. B0rkage would be almost guaranteed. Feel free to try it on your system and prove me wrong though, I could do with a good laugh.
^ This.xlepws wrote:2 different things (1st with dependencies, 2nd without) but eventually result in the same output
You can crash your car into a cement wall at 200 kph to "see what happens", but it wouldn't be my advice to anyone!xlepws wrote:or you could install the latest cinnamon package available, i.e. v4.4.8-2 either by runningstevepusser wrote:You could try upgrading to the 4.2 version in my OBS repo to see if that makes any difference.(with sid's dependencies) orCode: Select all
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Adjust swappiness the other way. Default is 60 so set it to 80. Things like this are relative to each other. Cache pressure down swappiness up can help with sporadic system RAM shortage. Performance difference on such a machine should be negligible for most things but crashes should be less frequent.vm.swappiness=10