Could we also get the later version of suckless-tools into jessie-backports for the later tabbed and demnu packages?
On Tue, Mar 14, 2017 at 2:11 AM, <goli...@dyne.org> wrote: > On 2017-03-13 09:55, Hendrik Boom wrote: > >> On Mon, Mar 13, 2017 at 09:44:16AM -0500, goli...@dyne.org wrote: >> >>> On 2017-03-13 09:06, Dave Turner wrote: >>> >On 13/03/17 13:35, Hendrik Boom wrote: >>> > >>> >>On Mon, Mar 13, 2017 at 08:25:25AM +0000, KatolaZ wrote: >>> >> >>> >>On Sun, Mar 12, 2017 at 07:10:00PM -0400, Hendrik Boom wrote: >>> >> >>> >>I have found two browser-related devuan packages that have surf in >>> >>their names. >>> >> >>> >>surf >>> >>netsurf >>> >> >>> >>Is either of them relted to the surf you are documenting? >>> >> >>> >>Hi Hendrik, >>> >> >>> >>you should use the package "surf". The default version in jessie is >>> >>0.6, but I would warmly suggest you to get the 0.7, e.g. from >>> >>jessie-backports. >>> > >>> >Just noticed >>> > surf --version >>> >doesn't work. >>> > >>> >But aptitude indeed does tell me I'm using 0.6. >>> > >>> >Looking at backports. Now have surf 0.7. >>> > >>> >With the backports lines in /etc/apt/sources.list, will everything >>> >automatically >>> >get upgraded to the backports version if I do >>> > aptitude update >>> > aptitude upgrade >>> >? I don't see anything in /etc/apt to stop this. I'd like to be able >>> >to have some >>> >control over which packages I get from backports. >>> > >>> >Or am I better off from a security perspective to always get backports >>> >updates for >>> >everything? >>> > >>> >-- hendrik >>> > >>> >>HND >>> >> >>> >>KatolaZ >>> >> >>> >>-- >>> >>[ ~.,_ Enzo Nicosia aka KatolaZ - GLUGCT -- Freaknet Medialab ] >>> >>[ "+. katolaz [at] freaknet.org --- katolaz [at] yahoo.it ] >>> >>[ @) http://kalos.mine.nu [1] --- Devuan GNU + Linux User ] >>> >>[ @@) http://maths.qmul.ac.uk/~vnicosia [2] -- GPG: 0B5F062F ] >>> >>[ (@@@) Twitter: @KatolaZ - skype: katolaz -- github: KatolaZ ] >>> > >>> > Hendrik, >>> > When you use backports all packages in backports are de-activated. >>> > You have to explicitly install the package you want. >>> > >>> >sudo apt-get -t jessie-backports install "package" >>> > >>> > So don't be afraid to add >>> > deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian [4] jessie-backports main >>> > into your sources.list >>> > >>> > and have a look at >>> > https://backports.debian.org/Instructions/ [5] >>> > to set your mind at rest. >>> > >>> > DaveT >>> > >>> >>> Perhaps not the best advice . . . Has this issue been fixed yet? If not >>> you'll have to do the pinning manually. >>> >>> https://dev1galaxy.org/viewtopic.php?id=479 >>> >>> golinux >>> >> >> I just pinned it manually. So it looks as if the issue has not been >> fixed yet. >> Or, at least, not for a system that was installed from alpha-2 and >> continually >> upgraded since. >> >> It is a configuration file, and they sometimes don't upgrade without >> manual >> intervention. >> >> -- hendrik >> >>> >>> >>> > Also . . . don't use debian backports repos in your sources list. Use > the devuan backports: > > deb http://us.mirror.devuan.org/merged/ jessie-backports main contrib > non-free > > golinux > _______________________________________________ > Dng mailing list > Dng@lists.dyne.org > https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng >
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