On Sat, 3 May 2014 23:28:22 -0600 Paul E Condon <pecon...@mesanetworks.net> wrote:
Is there also a simple list of backported debs that I can browse > on the web to know what is available, or a wiki pointer? I'd rather > not subscribe to another list and monitor it regularly just for the > very rare occation when I actually need a backport. > > TIA For a list of all the packages in the backports repository: https://packages.debian.org/wheezy-backports/allpackages When you have the repository in /etc/apt/sources.list, and you want to check if there is a newer version of a particular package, use apt-cache policy <package name> You may need to run 'apt-get update' first to sync the package indexes if you don't upgrade often. Once you have installed a package from backports, updates to that backport will be automatic though. You only need to explicitly specify the backports target for the initial update from stable. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20140504091239.008d3...@orac.fil