Hi folks,
Debian 5.0
On running "sudo aptitude upgrade" following packages have not been NOT upgraded;
Code:
The following packages have been kept back:
libmono-accessibility2.0-cil libmono-cairo1.0-cil libmono-cairo2.0-cil
libmono-cecil-private-cil libmono-corlib1.0-cil libmono-corlib2.0-cil
libmono-data-tds1.0-cil libmono-data-tds2.0-cil libmono-dev
libmono-getoptions2.0-cil libmono-i18n-west2.0-cil libmono-management2.0-cil
libmono-peapi2.0-cil libmono-posix1.0-cil libmono-posix2.0-cil
libmono-relaxng1.0-cil libmono-security1.0-cil libmono-security2.0-cil
libmono-sharpzip0.84-cil libmono-sharpzip2.84-cil libmono-sqlite2.0-cil
libmono-system-data1.0-cil libmono-system-data2.0-cil
libmono-system-runtime1.0-cil libmono-system-runtime2.0-cil
libmono-system-web1.0-cil libmono-system-web2.0-cil libmono-system1.0-cil
libmono-system2.0-cil libmono-webbrowser0.5-cil libmono-winforms1.0-cil
libmono-winforms2.0-cil libmono0 libmono1.0-cil libmono2.0-cil
mono-2.0-devel mono-2.0-gac mono-csharp-shell mono-devel mono-gac mono-gmcs
mono-mcs mono-runtime monodoc-base
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 44 not upgraded.
Backport repo has been added already.
$ cat /etc/apt/sources.list | grep backports
Code:
deb http://www.backports.org/debian lenny-backports main contrib non-free
According to following document;
Code:
You can also use pinning:
Then you have to set a higher priority for each backport, yes that means every backport, also for every dependency. For mutt, you have to add these lines:
Package: mutt
Pin: release a=lenny-backports
Pin-Priority: 999
to your /etc/apt/preferences (if you haven’t use pinning before, the file has to be created).
After running apt-get update run apt-get install mutt as usual.
on;
http://www.backports.org/dokuwiki/do...d=instructions
1)
Whether I have to creating /etc/apt/preferences and adding follows on it;
Code:
Package: package-name
Pin: release a=lenny-backports
Pin-Priority: 999
2)
I have to add 44 packages on the file manually. Is there an easy way to do it?
3)
Do I need adding the version?
e.g.
Package: libmono-accessibility2.0-cil libmono-cairo1.0-cil libmono-cairo2.0-cil ..... etc.
Pin: release a=lenny-backports
Pin-Priority: 999
OR
just the package-name without version?
e.g.
Package: libmono-accessibility libmono-cairo libmono-cecil-private-cil libmono-corlib .... etc.
Pin: release a=lenny-backports
Pin-Priority: 999
3)
After finish running;
$ sudo aptitude update
$ sudo aptitude upgrade
???
Please advise. TIA
B.R.
satimis