On Tue, 16 May 2017 15:15:25 +0000, Arnt wrote in message
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> Better yet, don't change in a year.
>
> Cross-distribution apt-get is
> risky, in the sense that you may often be the first person to try
> your combination. I would rather look at building from source or
> contributing packages to devuan, so as to avoid that risk.
> Contributing also takes time, but you get to decide when.
>
> Arnt

..also worth noting, is all the dirty tricks that can be pulled
(and combined) at compile time to escape file name conflicts; a
dozen years ago I learned it was possible to prepend and/or append
things like svn commit IDs or build flags to FlightGear binaries,
using the tool set we had back then to e.g install several
FlightGear builds, side-by-side, to e.g. benchmark new ideas or
X drivers etc, but I must admit I'm not aware of anyone actually
using these tricks, AFAIR this idea was seen as "neat but total
overkill for what we are doing here." :o)


--
..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt Karlsen
...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry...
Scenarios always come in sets of three:
best case, worst case, and just in case.