On Mon, 02 Jul 2012 10:09:49 -0600, Paul E Condon wrote: > On 20120702_144837, Camaleón wrote: >> On Mon, 02 Jul 2012 02:15:42 +0200, Mark Panen wrote: >> >> > Is it safe to have backports enabled on a stable Squeeze 6.05 system? >> >> I'd say now is even safer than before because the backported packages >> are integrated within the official repositories which should lead to >> less packages/libraries collisions. >> >> Just use it with caution and consider a correct pinning if you are >> planing of making an intensive use of them.
> This comment is addressed to this thread because it is a question that > has puzzled me about squeeze-backports. I know that one must do a > special thing, namely -t option in order to actually download and > install a backported package, For installing single packages, yes, "-t" should be enough. Otherwise, pinning (prioritize backports over the standard repositories) should be more convenient. > but how does one know of the existance of a backported package. As usual, you go to the online search and type the name of the package. If there's a backport counterpart it will listed there. You can also query from here: http://backports-master.debian.org/Packages/ > For packages in the general main/squeeze grouping, I have browsed the > interactive user interface of Aptitude. Do the backports show up there > if I add the line to my sources.list? If no, where do I browse? If yes, > how do I know that they are somehow special, and that I need to do more > than typing a simple + to select them? (...) I don't use the backport repositories but I guess yes, if you have it listed in your "sources.list" the queries (e.g., apt-search) should also provide the versions of the packages available in the backports. Anyway, I prefer to use the web search instead, I feel more confortable with the online interface where I can get extra information for the packages. Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/jssm2r$4gd$1...@dough.gmane.org
