Re: Updates in backports
Paul van der Vlis schrieb am Friday, den 31. July 2009:
> Alexander Wirt schreef:
> > Paul van der Vlis schrieb am Friday, den 31. July 2009:
> >
> > Hello User,
> >
> >> When there is a newer version of an already installed backports-package,
> >> do I get then the new version when I do "apt-get upgrade" ?
> > Use the correct pinning as described on the "instructions" page or "apt-get
> > -t lenny-backports install <package>"
>
> My question was about keeping my system up-to-date and not about
> installing a package.
>
> But I see there is a way using pinning, after that I can simple do a
> system upgrade.
>
> When I want to use all parts of openoffice.org from backports, is it
> then enought when I pin the metapackage "openoffice.org", or do I need
> to pin every single package?
You need to pin every single package or the repository at all (the pinning
only affects packages installed from bpo).
Alex
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