Backport deb sources

Reinhard Tartler wrote:

>On 10/26/05, Sam Liddicott <sam at liddicott.com> wrote:
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>>[... freenx...]
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>Freenx was never backported, because it is not yet in ubuntu at all.
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Doh; my confusion here, I was confusing kanotix and seveas with hoary 
backports.

>>Please could I respectfully suggest that backports src-deb are always
>>made available as a src-deb url in the same repository as the backports.
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>try this apt line:
>deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hoary-backports main
>restricted universe multiverse
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How does this relate to

* http://ubuntu-backports.mirrormax.net/ hoary-extras main universe multiverse restricted


is it the same stuff, but this time with source?

>breezy-backports wil open as soon as there have been stuff backported
>from dapper. We just opened dapper.
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Does "backported from dapper" mean a slightly different src-deb than 
what built dapper? (different patches etc) or does it just mean built 
against breezy libs?

Thanks for the good response.

Sam
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