backports

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On 9/26/06, Marco Mandl <marco.mandl at gmx.at> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I want to install backports e.g. evolution 2.8. I enabled the backport
> repository and run apt-get update. But still the many backports aren't
> available. I checked that e.g. evolution exists in
> http://at.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/e/evolution/ and I can
> download it manually. But then the dependencies are not resolved.
>
> $ grep dapper-backport /etc/apt/sources.list
> deb http://at.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper-backports main restricted universe multiverse
> deb-src http://at.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper-backports main restricted universe multiverse
> #deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-backports main restricted universe multiverse
>
> $ apt-cache policy evolution
> evolution:
>   Installed: 2.6.1-0ubuntu7
>   Candidate: 2.6.1-0ubuntu7
>   Version table:
>  *** 2.6.1-0ubuntu7 0
>         500 http://at.archive.ubuntu.com dapper/main Packages
>         100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
>

The file may be there, but it is not available as a download in dapper
(or dapper-backports)

As you have probably noticed, the dependancy list is quite large and
the likelyness of it becoming a proper backport is limited.

It's currently part of edgy.

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