[Mageia-dev] Missing packages in Mageia 1. How to backport?

Fri Jun 10 23:44:18 CEST 2011

James Kerr a écrit :
+>
+> On 10/06/11 15:09, James Kerr wrote:
+>> On 10/06/11 13:54, Michael Scherer wrote:
+>>> Le vendredi 10 juin 2011 à 14:21 +0200, Oliver Burger a écrit :
+>>>> Thomas Backlund<tmb at mageia.org> schrieb am 10.06.2011
+>>>>> So the path would then be */updates_testing -> */updates _if_ we
+>>>>> decide that's the way to go...
+>>>> As I see it, it's the only user friendly way. Using backports is fine
+>>>> for experienced users who do know what to install from backports or
+>>>> who are capable of facing the consequences.
+>>>> If a total newbie asks fort a package in the forums and is pointed to
+>>>> backports he is in great danger of wrecking his system by installing
+>>>> some new kernel, graphics driver, desktop or whatever, precisely
+>>>> because there is no real qa on backports.
+>>>
+>>> He can also wait for the release. Or he can enable backport just for the
+>>> time needed to install and then disable it. I think rpmdrake have some
+>>> stuff for that.
+>>
+>> Even though backports are disabled rpmdrake can display a list of
+>> available backports. (The sources are automatically updated by
+>> mgaonline.) A selected backport can then be installed, without enabling
+>> the backports source. (I've just tested this on mdv 2010.0, the only mdv
+>> system that I have available.)
+>
+> I've just realised there is a potential problem with this. Because
+> Mageia has /backports_testing repo's (mdv does not) packages from
+> /backports_testing may also be displayed. Mgaonline is updating those
+> sources.
+>
+> Jim
+
+That was a bug in rpmdrake.
+If you had updated the repos with backports media enabled, when the backports media was 
+subsequently disabled, the previously available backports packages remained displayed/installable. 
+  But new backports were not added if the repos were updated with backports disabled.  There was 
+the same problem for other media (like non-free).
+Otherwise enabling/disabling backports (or any other media) wouldn't make any sense.
+
+-- 
+André
+