Re: Updates in backports

[Alexander Wirt <formorer@debian.org>]

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:
> > 
> >> 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). 
> 
> How can I pin the repository at all?
As I told its listed on the "instructions" site: 

 If you want to get your packages from backports upgraded automatically the
 following entry in /etc/apt/preferences should be sufficient:

 Package: *
 Pin: release a=lenny-backports
 Pin-Priority: 200

 Alex