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Re: [gNewSense-users] Why are so many packages not up to date?
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Michał Masłowski |
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Re: [gNewSense-users] Why are so many packages not up to date? |
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Mon, 20 Dec 2010 18:40:26 +0100 |
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> Why are so many packages not up to date? Isn't using old software dangerous?
There are updates fixing security or freedom problems, so it is not
dangerous. The current 2.3 release is old, while 3.0 is not finished.
> Little offtopic question: How can i invoke sudo inside of emacs for editing
> readonly files, so that i don't have to write: sudo emacs /etc/foo-file for
> example.
Using Tramp and paths like /sudo::/etc/foo-file should work, I haven't
tested it on gNS.
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