Re: Don't set APT::Default-Release to backports

On 02/02/2025 01:24, Roger Price wrote: I find the instructions for synaptic at https://wiki.debian.org/Backports are incorrect and misleading. It seems to me now that synaptic is not the correct tool for managing backported packages, apt on the command line is much preferable. The page does n

Re: Don't set APT::Default-Release to backports (was: Re: Firefox and Video DRM)

On Sat, 1 Feb 2025, Max Nikulin wrote: > On 01/02/2025 02:34, Eddie wrote: > > In Synaptic go to "Settings" - 'Preferences" - "Distributions" > > then select "Prefer Versions From" - backports > > Do not do it. It is not a supposed way to use backports. > > > It is

Re: Don't set APT::Default-Release to backports (was: Re: Firefox and Video DRM)

On Sat, Feb 1, 2025 at 2:17 AM Max Nikulin wrote: > > On 01/02/2025 02:34, Eddie wrote: > > In Synaptic go to "Settings" - 'Preferences" - "Distributions" > > then select "Prefer Versions From" - backports > > Do not do it. It is not a supposed way to use backports. >

Don't set APT::Default-Release to backports (was: Re: Firefox and Video DRM)

On 01/02/2025 02:34, Eddie wrote: In Synaptic go to "Settings" - 'Preferences" - "Distributions" then select "Prefer Versions From" - backports Do not do it. It is not a supposed way to use backports. It is therefore recommended to only select single backported