On 9/28/19 9:46 PM, Tommy Trussell 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! New to me also. > 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. Now to figure out how to start over and remove the existing xxx-amd64 environments. > > **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.) > Interesting.
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