Alexander Wirt schrieb:
> Emmanuel Kasper schrieb am Dienstag, den 30. September 2008:
>
>> Hello
>> I read from the backports FAQ,
>>
>>> A: In general, backports.org only has backports made from testing but
>> with reduced version numbers (apt considers ~ lower than -), therefore
>> the upgrade path from sarge-backports to etch is saved. However, there
>> are a few backports only which are made from unstable (security updates
>> and the following exceptions: firefox, kernel, openoffice.org, xorg).
>>
>>> If you do not use one of these exceptions, you can safely upgrade to
>> etch. If you use one of these exceptions, set the pin-priority (see man
>> apt_preferences) temporarily to 1001 for all packages from etch, and you
>> should be able to do a safe dist-upgrade too.
>>
>> Is this policy still enforced, ie if I don't use firefox, kernel, & alii
>> from etch-backports, I can safely upgrade to lenny without using
>> apt-pinning ?
> Yes this should still be the case. But unfortunatly I can't follow any upload
> to bpo, so if somebody uploaded a package with a higher version there is a
> problem. But I really hope that this isn't the case.
>
> Alex
Thank you.
I think I will write this in the debian wiki, either in
Etch2LennyUpdgrade or in the Backports article.
Would be nice of course to have in Backports FAQ.
Manu
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