On Sun, May 15, 2011 at 08:43:28PM -0500, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > On 2011-05-15 19:00:03 Robert Holtzman wrote: > >On Sun, May 15, 2011 at 02:47:30PM -0700, Freeman wrote: > >> On Sun, May 15, 2011 at 02:05:29PM -0700, Robert Holtzman wrote: > >> > According to the backports instructions site in order to get updates in > >> > Lenny it's necessary to add pinning. There's another statement that > >> > this isn't required for Squeeze. Does Squeeze backports get updated > >> > along with the other repos via "apt-get update"? > >> > >> My squeeze-backports priority drops to 100 without pinning, while squeeze > >> is 990--apparently the /etc/apt/apt.conf Default-Release setting. > >> > >> I believe 990 is necessary to prioritize a package above an equal version > >> of the target release or the installed version. > > > >What about the statement on the backport instruction site to the effect > >that the pinning step is not required for Squeeze? > > In Lenny and before, without pinning or default-release, the master archive > would be priority 500 and the backports archive would be priority 1. At > priority 1 apt is willing to install the package, but will not upgrade to it. > > This meant that, if a package was installed from backports, then backports > received a security update, the security update would not be installed > through > an apt upgrade. > > In Squeeze and after, without pinning or default-release, the master archive > will still be priority 500 and the backports archive will be priority 1. At > priority 100, apt is will to both install and upgrade the package. This > means > that, if a package is installed from backports, then backports receives a > security update, the security update will be installed through an apt upgrade.
That's the flavor I got from reading the site. > > You can use (apt-cache policy $package) to determine versions and pinning for > a package. It will look something like this: > aptitude: > Installed: $inst_ver > Candidate: $upgrade_ver > Version table: > $bpo_ver 0 > $bpo_pri http://127.0.0.1/debian-backports/ stable-backports/main > amd64 Packages > *** $stbl_ver 0 > $stbl_pri http://127.0.0.1/debian/ stable/main amd64 Packages > 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status > > $bpo_pri is 1 in Lenny (and pre-) and 100 in Squeeze (and post). > $stbl_pri is 500 without default-release and 990 with. > If you are using pinning to change these, read and understand the appropriate > man page. > > If $inst_ver is "(Not Installed)" or <= $stbl_ver then $upgrade_ver will be > the highest one of the ones with the highest priority. That is, $stbl_ver in > both Lenny and Squeeze. > > If $stbl_ver < $inst_ver <= $bpo_ver then $upgrade_ver will be $inst_ver in > Lenny (100 > 1) but it will be $bpo_ver (100 == 100) in Squeeze. > > Full details of how the candidate is chosen is documented in the > apt_preferences(5) manpage. That goes a long way toward clearing it up for me. Thanks. -- Bob Holtzman Key ID: 8D549279 "If you think you're getting free lunch, check the price of the beer"
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