Re: Using openssh package from backports in backports debian image on GCE

Yes, we are planning to add new entry to /etc/apt/preferences. Take a look at https://github.com/google/build-debian-cloud/pull/5/files for the exact changes.

And yes we should add manifest entries for it in the bootstrap-vz based code you have been working on. I will send out a patch for it.

Thanks

On Sun, Mar 30, 2014 at 11:16 AM, Tomasz Rybak <tomasz.rybak@post.pl> wrote:

Dnia 2014-03-24, pon o godzinie 08:58 -0700, Himanshu Vasishth pisze:

> Hey folks
>
>
> I just wanted to follow up on this and see if there is any feedback on
> this. Should I assume that silence means there are no concerns? Please
> let me know.

How do you intend to introduce this change? I assume that you'll add
new entry to /etc/apt/preferences.

I've been working on moving scripts building GCE images to bootstrap-vz;
you can find the latest version in my repository:
https://github.com/rybaktomasz/bootstrap-vz.git
in branch gce.
There is task in providers.gce.tasks.apt.PreferKernelsFromBackports
which makes apt prefer kernels from backports.
It creates file in /etc/apt/preferences; maybe, if there is more
people interested in using packages from backports, it would
make sense to add manifest entry describing such cases?

Best regards.

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