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Re: submitting backported ntfs-3g ?



On Wed, Jan 03, 2007 at 09:15:19PM +0300, mr@ramendik.ru wrote:
> Wouter Verhelst wrote:
> 
> >> > Then edit sources.list, adding a backports.org mirror, and call
> >> >
> >> > pbuilder update
> >>
> >> This would bring it up to ALL packages in backports.org.
> >
> > No, that's not true; backports are only installed when requested
> > explicitly, and pbuilder keeps track of that.
> 
> My question is: how do I explicitly request a backport to be installed
> within the pbuilder environment?

Use the right versioned build-depends 

> Also: what is the approximate download? I don't have a local Sarge
> mirror... How big a system does pbuilder install by default? i.e. does it
> install X, KDE, Gnome, etc.

No, not at all. Pbuilder only installs build-esential in the chroot; it
would be totally useless if it didn't.

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