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Operating Systems Linux Debian Debian Testing (Is it Stable) Post 302768741 by Azrael on Saturday 9th of February 2013 11:01:07 AM

02-09-2013

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I've been using Aptosid (formerly Sidux) for about 4 years now and never had any problems myself. I had heard that Debian Sid was unstable and for experts and sadists only. (Side note, Aptosid is only half unstable, other half are stable packages) One day I got curious and tried it on a virtual machine. Liked it so much I soon did a dual boot with it and another version of Linux and it has become my distro of choice. Don't take anyone's word for it, even mine! We all have different tastes with what we like and what we are comfortable with. Some people like stable and some would rather be on the cutting edge. If you're scared to take the plunge try Debian Testing out on a virtual machine and get a feel for it. Good luck! Smilie

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sbuild-checkpackages

SBUILD-CHECKPACKAGES(1) 					   Debian sbuild					   SBUILD-CHECKPACKAGES(1)

NAME

       sbuild-checkpackages - check the package list in a sbuild chroot against a reference list

SYNOPSIS

       sbuild-checkpackages [-h|--help | -V|--version  | -l|--list | -s|--set] CHROOT

DESCRIPTION

       sbuild-checkpackages  compares  the  package list in an sbuild chroot (dpkg status file) against a reference list of packages.  The differ-
       ences between the two lists are displayed, showing the changes to remove and install in order to return the chroot to match  the  reference
       list.

       The  reference list may be set from the dpkg status file; this must be done initially in order to have a baseline reference for comparison.
       The chroot should only include essential and build-essential packages, plus the extra packages that sbuild needs such as fakeroot.

OPTIONS

   Actions
       -h, --help
	      Display this manual.

       -V, --version
	      Print version information.

       -l, --list
	      List the differences between the installed packages and the reference file.

       -s, --set
	      Set the reference file from the currently installed package list.

   Chroot selection
       CHROOT The chroot to use.  Note that 'o', 's', 't', 'u' and 'e' may be used as abbreviations for 'oldstable', 'stable', 'testing',  'unsta-
	      ble' and 'experimental', respectively.

EXAMPLES

       To set the reference file in the unstable chroot:

       % sbuild-checkpackages unstable --set

       To show the differences in the unstable chroot:

       % sbuild-checkpackages unstable --list

AUTHORS

       Roger Leigh.

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (C) 2006-2008 Roger Leigh <rleigh@debian.org>.

SEE ALSO

       sbuild(1).

Version 0.63.2							    18 Aug 2012 					   SBUILD-CHECKPACKAGES(1)