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Re: How to deal with packages that only in an old release?



In <[🔎] AANLkTin=4P==fg968Pq4HWWr1uwPm9Zg8Dh5mAbbUT9W@mail.gmail.com>, 
Armnotstrong wrote:
>Recently I'm trying to synchronize my  wm6.1 mobile-phone with debian
>squeeze ,I found a project named "synce"can help me do this, so I
>followed the guide for debian lenny on the website of the project
>(http://www.synce.org/moin/SynceInstallation/Debian), but I can't find
>some packages named "opensync-plugin-evolution,opensync-plugin-synce
>multisync-tools" in the squeeze's source,but I can find them in
>lenny's source when search the packages on packages.debian.org.
>So what I want to ask are:
>                                           1)Are they removed or
>replaced by some other packages?

The OpenSync infrastructure has been removed from Squeeze: 
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=580867

SynCE might be usable without the OpenSync framework.  synce-trayicon, synce-
multisync-plugin (orphaned), and synce-serial are still in Squeeze, at least 
for now.

It would be preferable if the OpenSync upstream prepared something that was 
suitable for inclusion in the Squeeze release.

>                                           2)Can I just download them
>from http://packages.debian.org and install them?

Sure; no support though, not even security fixes.

>                                           3) And by the way,how can I
>know a package is removed or replaced by another package?

I can type deb:package-name into my browser and it pulls up packages.d.o.  
After that, I usually follow links to the PTS and relevant bugs.
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