Michele Della Marina a écrit :
On 9/7/06, Guillaume <silencer@free-4ever.net> wrote:Michele Della Marina a écrit : > Hi all! > I need a howto and some documentation for using backports in debian > stable. Could you suggest me something, please? > I've just seen www.backports.org but some parts are under costruction > Thanks > > Hi, Just go the page "instructions". They direct link is here: http://www.backports.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=instructions Regards GuillaumeYes, Thanks but I've already seen it. I would like if possible learn more about backports: how use it, understand dependences and possible problems using backports, some documentation.
The way to use it cleanly is describe in this page !For most backports, they are re-complied with the dependencies of sarge, so there is no need to upgrade the dependencies but for some packages, you will need to get their dependencies from the backports !
To check that, just enable the packages you want and with aptitude or apt-cache, check its dependencies then enable the needed dependencies.
There is no more documentation then in /usr/share/doc as usual.About problems... I'm using lots of backports on differents servers: Nagios 2, MySQL 5, PHP 5, PostgreSQL 8, Cacti, etc...
I've never have any problems. When there is a vulnerability, usually the backports are upgraded to fix it. I hope it helps. Regards Guillaume -- Guillaume E-mail: silencer_<at>_free-4ever_<dot>_net Blog: http://guillaume.free-4ever.net ---- Site: http://www.free-4ever.net