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List:       debian-user
Subject:    Re: backports updates
From:       Robert Holtzman <holtzm () cox ! net>
Date:       2011-05-16 0:00:03
Message-ID: 20110516000003.GC20034 () cox ! net
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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?

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Bob Holtzman
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