Re: Using backports after upgrade
On Sun, 4 Nov 2007 13:39:06 -0500
"John Fleming" <john@wa9als.com> wrote:
>
> I think that you may find that the SA upgrades have migrated to
> debian-volatile. Its a new official service for upgrades that are not
> security-minded (as is security.debian.org) but that info changes
> (such as virus and spam scanners). If so, its just one more line in
> your sources.list.
>
> Doug.
> ----------------------------------------------------------
>
> Sorry that I'm late answering and messing up the threads. I had to
> go out of town and got a little happy with the delete key... Got the
> above from the archives.
>
> My sources list is below - Both volatile and back ports are in there,
> and both clamav (volatile) and SA (backports) used to update before I
> upgraded sarge to etch.
>
> Thanks any other help...? - John
>
> #The url below is for clamav updates
> deb http://volatile.debian.org/debian-volatile etch/volatile main
> #The url below is for spamassassin from backports.org
> deb http://www.backports.org/debian etch-backports main
>
>
Use the command 'apt-cache policy spamassassin' to see what versions
of spamassassin are available. Then, if you want the version from
etch-backports, issue the command 'aptitude install -t etch-backports
spamassassin' (or use apt-get for the purpose).
--
Liam
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