On Tue, 03 Jul 2012 10:38:02 +1200, Chris Bannister wrote: > On Mon, Jul 02, 2012 at 05:34:19PM +0000, Camaleón wrote: >> On Mon, 02 Jul 2012 10:09:49 -0600, Paul E Condon wrote: >> > 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/ > > Are you supposed to do this daily, or what?
To do what? Search for a package in the backports? That would depend on your needings, I personally do a few software installs in my systems so yes, when I need to search for a package I use the online interface. > He means it being a push operation not a pull operation. No doubt he > already knows about querying for himself at > http://backports-master.debian.org/Packages/ What do you suggest then? 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/jsuu64$q1u$9...@dough.gmane.org