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However, people have +</I>>>><i> been asking this, and recommend this. This would also be against a goal +</I>>>><i> of having confidence in the backports. +</I>>>><i> +</I>>><i> I have always used backports in a total way : if I want latest software +</I>>><i> against stability, I take them all. Think about little dependencies that still +</I>>><i> exist (vlc + ffmpeg, etc). +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> So I would say Mageia has two update modes : +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> - end user (security) mode (updates) +</I>>><i> - power user (let's try everything) mode (updates+backports) +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> Each user will recognise himself in one of the two modes.la +</I>><i> So, where do I find myself in this scenario? +</I>><i> +</I>><i> I do not use backports in general, they are disabled. +</I>><i> A new version of foo is coming in in cauldron and I want to use it in Mageia 1. +</I>><i> A friendly packager builds a backport of this new version of foo for Mageia 1. +</I>><i> I enable backports, do "urpmi foo" and I get the version from +</I>><i> backports including dependencies. +</I>><i> After that I disable backports. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> This is the way backports have been used by many users in Mandriva. +</I>><i> And (BTW) this is the exact meaning of the word, a version is +</I>><i> backported from a newer distrib-version or cooker/cauldron to an older +</I>><i> distrib-version or current stable version. +</I>I use a few backported package on a Mdv install (please, don't lapidate +me, I have 2 mageia cauldron at home). To easily update them, I have +made a small and ugly bash script. +It can propably being optimised, clean, etc. I run it manually times to +times . + +Regards + +[<A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">jehane at mdvbox</A>]$ cat update-backports.sh +#!/bin/bash + +# Add here your package, for each repository +# Main backports package +pkge_main="firefox" +# Contrib backports package +pkge_contrib="fusioninventory-agent"; + +echo "Script for updating package present in non-activated repositery" +echo "Only for distribution using urpmi" +echo "" +echo "List of checked package" +echo $pkge_main +echo $pkge_contrib +echo "" + + +# Must be launch as root +if [ "$UID" -ne 0 ]; then + echo "Need to be root" + exit $E_NOTROOT +fi + +# Updating repos +echo "Updating backports repository" +urpmi.update "Main Backports" +urpmi.update "Contrib Backports" + +echo "Updating package" +for package in `echo $pkge_main` ; + do urpmi --searchmedi "Main Backports" $package + done + +for package in `echo $pkge_contrib` ; + do urpmi --searchmedia "Contrib Backports" $package + done + + +-- +Marianne Lombard (Jehane) +Mageia User - Mageia french translation team +Inside every fat girl, there is a thin girl waiting to get out (and a +lot of chocolate) - Terry Pratchett +</PRE> + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="005990.html">[Mageia-dev] Update of backport, policy proposal +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="006000.html">[Mageia-dev] Update of backport, policy proposal +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#5992">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#5992">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#5992">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#5992">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + +<hr> +<a href="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">More information about the Mageia-dev +mailing list</a><br> +</body></html> |