Need simulate apt-get with backports

[Steffen Grunewald]

On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 01:52:28PM +0200, Henning Sprang wrote:
> TOUZEAU DAVID rote:
> >
> >apt-get install debian-backports-keyring
> >apt-get -t etch-backports install postfix
> >
> >how to simulate it in /fai/config/package_config file ?*
> 
>  -t is not supported in package_config files.
> 
> Possibilities:
> 
> * You could look at the install_packages script and add an additional 
> PACKAGES type for your use. This will have several implications, 
> depending on how complex this is to be solved, maybe Thomas will release 
> a new version with this patch  soon
> 
> * install the packages you need with a script in scripts (not really 
> nice if you have more than a small set of packages)
> 
> * Try to use pinning to get your packages installed

Another one: 

- have your own repository of additional packages
- get the source package from backports and re-build it 
	(that's what I often had to do if amd64 packages were lacking)
- or download the binary package and install it locally

This has the advantage that when a newer version comes out in the main
distro, you won't get stuck with the backported one (and there's no ugly
code in your FAI installation that noone could explain after 2 years)

Of course this means that you have to resolve dependencies properly,
and perhaps host a lot more packages.

S

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