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Re: apt-get: why massive upgrade despite pinning everything to stable?

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On Fri, Nov 20, 2015 at 04:20:29PM +0000, Martin Read wrote:

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> Just so you know, this is a discouraged[2] (and completely
> unsupported) configuration.

> [2] https://wiki.debian.org/DontBreakDebian#Don.27t_make_a_FrankenDebian

This is generally good advice. That said, I'm running a FrankenDebian
right now and it has served me well for the better part of a year. But
inconsistencies do accumulate and you pay a price in trying to keep
the system together.

At some time, the urge to upgrade to an homogeneous system grows :-)

Regards
- -- tomás
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apt-get: why massive upgrade despite pinning everything to stable? Kynn Jones <kynnjo@gmail.com> - 2015-11-20 16:10 +0100
  Re: apt-get: why massive upgrade despite pinning everything to stable? Martin Read <zen75502@zen.co.uk> - 2015-11-20 17:30 +0100
    Re: apt-get: why massive upgrade despite pinning everything to  stable? <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2015-11-20 21:00 +0100
    Re: apt-get: why massive upgrade despite pinning everything to stable? Kynn Jones <kynnjo@gmail.com> - 2015-11-22 23:10 +0100
  Re: apt-get: why massive upgrade despite pinning everything to  stable? Darac Marjal <mailinglist@darac.org.uk> - 2015-11-20 17:30 +0100

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