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<H1>[Mageia-dev] Missing packages in Mageia 1. How to backport?</H1>
<B>Anssi Hannula</B>
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<I>Fri Jun 10 18:24:54 CEST 2011</I>
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<PRE>On 10.06.2011 17:28, Thorsten van Lil wrote:
><i> Am 10.06.2011 16:09, schrieb James Kerr:
</I>>><i> On 10/06/11 13:54, Michael Scherer wrote:
</I>>>><i> Le vendredi 10 juin 2011 à 14:21 +0200, Oliver Burger a écrit :
</I>>>>><i> Thomas Backlund<<A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">tmb at mageia.org</A>> schrieb am 10.06.2011
</I>>>>>><i> So the path would then be */updates_testing -> */updates _if_ we
</I>>>>>><i> decide that's the way to go...
</I>>>>><i> As I see it, it's the only user friendly way. Using backports is fine
</I>>>>><i> for experienced users who do know what to install from backports or
</I>>>>><i> who are capable of facing the consequences.
</I>>>>><i> If a total newbie asks fort a package in the forums and is pointed to
</I>>>>><i> backports he is in great danger of wrecking his system by installing
</I>>>>><i> some new kernel, graphics driver, desktop or whatever, precisely
</I>>>>><i> because there is no real qa on backports.
</I>>>><i>
</I>>>><i> He can also wait for the release. Or he can enable backport just for the
</I>>>><i> time needed to install and then disable it. I think rpmdrake have some
</I>>>><i> stuff for that.
</I>>>><i>
</I>>><i>
</I>>><i> Even though backports are disabled rpmdrake can display a list of
</I>>><i> available backports. (The sources are automatically updated by
</I>>><i> mgaonline.) A selected backport can then be installed, without enabling
</I>>><i> the backports source. (I've just tested this on mdv 2010.0, the only mdv
</I>>><i> system that I have available.)
</I>>><i>
</I>>><i> Jim
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</I>><i>
</I>><i> I've tested it on Mageia right now. I've activated Core-testing and see
</I>><i> that there is one package inside it: iputils_20101006_3.mga1. After that
</I>><i> I've disabled the testing repo and searched for iputils. Rpmdrake lists
</I>><i> me the version 2.mga1. Therefore, rpmdrake only lists packages of the
</I>><i> activated repos.
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Core-testing is not backports. The behavior depends on media name.
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Anssi Hannula
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