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Re: Repo mix-and-match hit parade

#21 Post by steve_v »

millpond wrote:The average person hasnt a clue as to backporting, or how to 'peek' inside package contents.
What about 'apt-file search isohybrid'?
Or search contents on-line.
For backporting, it's all on the wiki, or just use google.
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#22 Post by stevepusser »

millpond wrote: ...
The average person hasnt a clue as to backporting, or how to 'peek' inside package contents.
...
File-roller and Ark, and probably others, allow the user to easily peek inside or extract a .deb package.
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maybe the most impressive mix of repositories so far

#23 Post by stevepusser »

http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php? ... 38#p589139

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deb http://repo.steampowered.com/steamos alchemist main contrib non-free
deb-src http://repo.steampowered.com/steamos alchemist main contrib non-free

deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian wheezy main
deb http://mirrors.kernel.org/ubuntu wily main universe
deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian sid main
deb http://http.debian.net/debian wheezy-backports main
deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ wheezy-backports main contrib non-free

root@steamos:/home/desktop# cat /etc/apt/sources.list.d/*
deb [arch=amd64,i386] http://repo.steampowered.com/steam/ precise steam
deb-src [arch=amd64,i386] http://repo.steampowered.com/steam/ precise steam
With predictable results.
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#24 Post by spacex »

^ At least he got balls. But I agree, it's a bit ambitious. You got to concentrate to apt-pin that list :lol:

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#25 Post by GarryRicketson »

Here is a new one, just notice to day ,
http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php? ... 96#p589193
A little Ubuntu, and just to complicate it, more, a unstable version of mint , "romeo"

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#26 Post by Head_on_a_Stick »

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#27 Post by Randicus »

debian stable
debian testing
debian unstable
debian experimental
Knoppix
deb-multimedia.org squeeze
ppa.launchpad.net
:shock:
But not to worry. It is technically Wheezy. :lol:
Priceless.

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#28 Post by dasein »

Wow. It's going to be very hard for anyone, anywhere, anytime, to top that one. It deserves a special place of honor in the initial post.

It's remarkable that the machine hasn't spontaneously combusted.

And the OP in that thread still has no clue how badly FUBAR his system is. Amazing.

(OTOH, maybe spacex could use that thread as an opportunity to demonstrate once and for all how easy successful repo-mixing really is. :mrgreen:)

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#29 Post by stevepusser »

Yeah, now he's going on about his amd64 version of pipelight not working, so he's going to try the i386 version on amd64. I wonder if he's realized it needs a patched version of wine called wine-staging.

Still won't believe an "all" package is arch-independent, too.

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#30 Post by IG-89 »

I now fully understand why dasein, et al., were royally pissed at me............ :mrgreen:

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#31 Post by Randicus »

IG-89
I now fully understand why dasein, et al., were royally pissed at me............ :mrgreen:
Not only were people not pissed at you, they did not even seem annoyed.* Which is surprising considering the numerous threads started with such issues. The good thing is you took advice seriously and quickly learned the error of your ways. People like you are not the annoying ones. The annoying ones are those who refuse to accept the truth and continue pleading, or demanding :shock: , a solution.

* Except dasein of course. Everyone annoys him. (Hint :wink: )

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#32 Post by IG-89 »

Royally pissed is definitely hyperbolic, but it sure felt that way when the egg was streaming down my face. And I wouldn't have believed the idea of someone demanding a solution if I hadn't just seen it on another, rather similar thread, but real it is indeed.

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#33 Post by GarryRicketson »

This is the best one I have seen so far,
http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php? ... 42#p596802
Just came in today, ...
So, Is there any way to "fix" it ?

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#34 Post by golinux »

GarryRicketson wrote:So, Is there any way to "fix" it ?
Maybe a lobotomy?
May the FORK be with you!

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#35 Post by stevepusser »

golinux wrote:
GarryRicketson wrote:So, Is there any way to "fix" it ?
Maybe a lobotomy?
I say we take off and nuke the entire site from orbit. It’s the only way to be sure.
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#36 Post by Pick2 »

stevepusser wrote:I say we take off and nuke the entire site from orbit. It’s the only way to be sure.
Double what Steve said ! :)

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#37 Post by dasein »

For the benefit of anyone not coming in from the top of the thread...

And to commemorate the fact that I hit 6000 posts (this very post, in fact) and 60 years both in the same week (an astonishing and portentous numerological convergence if there ever was one)...

Not to mention the fact that this most facepalm-worthy of threads has thus far had no facepalms...

Plus the fact that I found an image that seemed to "fit" this thread like no other...

Image

There. Much better.

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#38 Post by GarryRicketson »

I wonder if the people that mix repos, and distros, try to do the same with their cars,
For example, try to put the transmission, that was in the Ford, the kid crashed, and now the newer Chevy has problems with the transmission, so "Let's take the old ford transmission, and weld it to the Chevy, (needs to be welded, because the mounting holes, bolts don't match),....

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#39 Post by golinux »

That's a great analogy!
May the FORK be with you!

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#40 Post by Head_on_a_Stick »

Happy birthday dasein and congrats on 6k posts!
:)

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