On Thu, Dec 07, 2017 at 08:17:58PM +0100, John Naggets wrote: > On Thu, Dec 7, 2017 at 6:39 PM, Greg Wooledge <wool...@eeg.ccf.org> wrote: > > > No. Backports have to be specifically requested. > > Aha I get it. So by changing my APT sources.list for backports from > jessie-backports to stretch-backports all my ZFS packages will simply > get upgraded to the official/main Debian (non backports) stretch ZFS > packages?
Yes, assuming the package names are the same and the dependencies are satisfied. > Actually moving on the Debian stretch I would not need anymore the > backports because the ZFS packages are included in stretch. So could I > just get rid of my backports APT source by deleting my list file > beforehand and then simply do a dist-upgrade? My personal recommendation would be to comment out (or delete) the old backports line(s). If in the future you find yourself wanting stretch-backports (from buster) then add the new backports line at that time.