there was a typo in my little procedure. I tried it the first way and it didn't work, but this way works:
Create a new file for sources.list in the chroot having two lines $ sbuild-shell bionic-amd64 $ su password: # cd /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ # cat > bionic-backports.list [paste the following two lines into the file, and then type ctrl-Z] deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic-backports main restricted universe multiverse deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic-backports main restricted universe multiverse On Sat, Sep 28, 2019 at 11:46 PM Tommy Trussell <tommy.truss...@gmail.com> wrote: > Stephen -- I got a reply on the Repositories and Backports forum: > https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2427539 > > SO this person said we should be using the Backports repository. That > changes all the rules! I added a follow-up question. > > In case you don't know, Backports is a special standard repository for > each version of Ubuntu containing newer packages for that release. It's > fairly easy to get packages into Backports. (See below.**) It turns out > nowadays (for quite a few years now; I missed the memo) backports is > activated by default in Ubuntu. But apparently NOT in the sbuild chroot! > > I probably won't be able to try again this weekend. It should be fairly > straightforward to activate the backports repository in sbuild, but if you > or I start tinkering with a PPA I don't know what to do. I suppose they > have it activated there. > > Here's what I would suggest. Create a new file for sources.list in the > chroot having two lines > $ sbuild-shell bionic-amd64 > $ su > password: > # cd /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ > # cat > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/bionic-backports.list > > [paste the following two lines into the file, and then type ctrl-Z] > > deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic-backports main restricted > universe multiverse > deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic-backports main > restricted universe multiverse > > Then you can update apt in the chroot to see that the backports repository > is available. > > **The backport process: Someone wants a newer package, and builds it (on > sbuild or pbuilder or a PPA) to confirm it builds in x version of Ubuntu, > then that person requests that it go into the Backports repository for > Ubuntu x. A backport volunteer confirms that it builds, and copies into the > repository for Ubuntu x. The new version then becomes available to everyone > who has the Backports repository activated (everyone). > > If, for example, the latest GnuCash package builds without errors with > backported packages for Bionic, then theoretically it can easily go into > the Backports repository for Bionic. No PPA needed! (Not that I expect this > to happen for Bionic, but it might work for Disco, for example.) > > _______________________________________________ gnucash-devel mailing list gnucash-devel@gnucash.org https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel
