Re: unable to use backports repos

[Leonardo Carneiro - Veltrac <lscarneiro@veltrac.com.br>]

kody:~# apt-cache policy        
Package files:                  
 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status       
     release a=now              
 500 http://ftp.br.debian.org lenny/non-free Packages
     release v=5.0.4,o=Debian,a=stable,l=Debian,c=non-free
     origin ftp.br.debian.org                            
 500 http://ftp.br.debian.org lenny/contrib Packages     
     release v=5.0.4,o=Debian,a=stable,l=Debian,c=contrib
     origin ftp.br.debian.org                            
 500 http://ftp.br.debian.org lenny/main Packages        
     release v=5.0.4,o=Debian,a=stable,l=Debian,c=main   
     origin ftp.br.debian.org
 200 http://backports.org lenny-backports/non-free Packages
     release v=None,o=Backports.org archive,a=lenny-backports,l=Backports.org archive,c=non-free
     origin backports.org
 200 http://backports.org lenny-backports/contrib Packages
     release v=None,o=Backports.org archive,a=lenny-backports,l=Backports.org archive,c=contrib
     origin backports.org
 200 http://backports.org lenny-backports/main Packages
     release v=None,o=Backports.org archive,a=lenny-backports,l=Backports.org archive,c=main
     origin backports.org
 500 http://volatile.debian.org lenny/volatile/non-free Packages
     release o=volatile.debian.org,a=stable,l=debian-volatile,c=non-free
     origin volatile.debian.org
 500 http://volatile.debian.org lenny/volatile/contrib Packages
     release o=volatile.debian.org,a=stable,l=debian-volatile,c=contrib
     origin volatile.debian.org
 500 http://volatile.debian.org lenny/volatile/main Packages
     release o=volatile.debian.org,a=stable,l=debian-volatile,c=main
     origin volatile.debian.org
 500 http://security.debian.org lenny/updates/non-free Packages
     release v=5.0,o=Debian,a=stable,l=Debian-Security,c=non-free
     origin security.debian.org
 500 http://security.debian.org lenny/updates/contrib Packages
     release v=5.0,o=Debian,a=stable,l=Debian-Security,c=contrib
     origin security.debian.org
 500 http://security.debian.org lenny/updates/main Packages
     release v=5.0,o=Debian,a=stable,l=Debian-Security,c=main
     origin security.debian.org
Pinned packages:
kody:~# cat /etc/apt/sources.list
#
# deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 5.0.0 _Lenny_ - Official i386 NETINST Binary-1 20090214-16:03]/ lenny main

#deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 5.0.0 _Lenny_ - Official i386 NETINST Binary-1 20090214-16:03]/ lenny main

deb http://backports.org/debian lenny-backports main contrib non-free
deb-src http://backports.org/debian lenny-backports main contrib non-free

deb http://security.debian.org/ lenny/updates main contrib non-free
deb-src http://security.debian.org/ lenny/updates main contrib non-free

deb http://volatile.debian.org/debian-volatile lenny/volatile main contrib non-free
deb-src http://volatile.debian.org/debian-volatile lenny/volatile main contrib non-free

deb http://ftp.br.debian.org/debian lenny main contrib non-free
deb-src http://ftp.br.debian.org/debian lenny main contrib non-free



Jens Schüßler wrote:

* Leonardo Carneiro - Veltrac <lscarneiro@veltrac.com.br> wrote:
  

I tryed to put the preferences file in the /etc/apt directory, as it is  
said in the instructions. I have no errors, but i can't use the backports 
repo either. Is there something that i'm missing?
    

Show us your sources.list and the oputput of 'apt-cache policy'.

Jens