On Tue, Oct 11, 2005 at 10:45:45AM -0400, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > Quoting David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> >I'm wanting to install a few backports and want to verify that I'm not > >about to hose any of my system. I'm running Sarge... > > > > [SNIP lost of stuff] > > >Now the question: Does the above not create a set of valid debs that I > >can safely install? More generally, is all that's required to > >produce a stock backport just to download the source, and the diff file > >and compile - doing whatever is required to eliminate all compile > >errors? > > > Glad you asked. I have written a HOWTO on customizing Debian packages > (backporting is essentially just a customization) here: > > http://familiasanchez.net/~roberto/howtos/debcustomize I'll check that one out - I looked at your repository page, but missed this one... > >One further question regarding apt. I have created a local APT > >repository which appears will be ready to install my new packages. > >However, the documentation seemed to imply that a line in > >/etc/apt/preferences such as: > > > > Pin: origin "" > > > >would refer to local files. However, my result seemed to be similar to > >that of many others from searching the archives. The only way I could > >get my local repository to be preferred was to put a line "Origin: > >Local" into my Release file and then have a line "Pin: release o=Local" > >in my preferences file. Not a problem, but it would have been neater > >IMO, if I could have used the original plan. > > > I am not sure what the layout of your repository is, but you may want to > check > out the HOWTO I wrote on to create your own local repository: > > http://familiasanchez.net/~roberto/howtos/debrepository > > It is an "automatic" repository, which means that pinning should work > as it does > for the main Debian archive and other repositories which use the automatic > layout (as opposed to the trivial layout). Yes, I studied that page. I tried with this structure: ~/packages/dists/sarge/main/binary-i386/ and with it in the top level. Currently, it's set up with this latter structure. With the "Origin" in the Release file, apt-cache now shows it as the Candidate with the desired priority, and aptitude -s shows it ready to install from my local repository. It was just a mystery as to why it wouldn't work the way the documentation implied. Thanks for the response. I will play around with it a bit more to see what I can come up with. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
