debian versions (was: package installation problem)

[Charles Hallenbeck]

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That's cool.

The worst thing about unstable is its name. With a little caution you 
can be very happy with it, and will always have current stuff running.

I installed the package called "linux-source-2.6.16-xxx" which places a 
source tarball in /usr/src, then patched it with speakup, configured and 
compiled it, and now from time to time apt-get upgrade replaces the 
tarball with a revision. I just patch the revision, use the same 
.config, compile and install it, and away we go. The linux-source 
packages from the Debian repositories are already patched with Debian 
security fixes, many of which will eventually migrate upstream to become 
part of future kernel releases. 

Best of luck,

Chuck

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