Backport deb sources

On 10/26/05, Sam Liddicott <sam at liddicott.com> wrote:
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> Reinhard Tartler wrote:
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> On 10/26/05, Sam Liddicott <sam at liddicott.com> <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.
>
>  try this apt line:
> deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hoary-backports main
> restricted universe multiverse
>
>  How does this relate to
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> * http://ubuntu-backports.mirrormax.net/ hoary-extras main universe multiverse restricted
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> is it the same stuff, but this time with source?


No, hoary-extras are packages not in the Ubuntu archives, but rather derived
from miscellaneous 3rd party packages with some level of established
quality. It's an unofficial repository that happens to be maintained by the
same people who do Backports.

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?


Identical src-deb to Dapper, built against the Breezy environment.

Thanks for the good response.
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> Sam
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