Re: Backports on Squeeze OT question/issue
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
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