Will apt-listbugs work with backports.org packages?

Chriswaterguy · 02-01-2009, 08:40 PM

If I use testing with the backports.org repository, will "apt-listbugs" work on any package I try to install from backports?

I'm not expecting to use backports a lot, but there may be a case where I need a newer version of a program, from unstable.

archtoad6 · 02-02-2009, 07:39 PM

From the description in KPackage (especially for those not familiar w/ it):

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apt-listbugs is a tool which retrieves bug reports from the Debian Bug Tracking System and lists them. Especially, it is intended to be invoked before each upgrade/installation by apt in order to check whether the upgrade/installation is safe.
Many developers and users prefer the unstable version of Debian for its new features and packages. apt, the usual upgrade tool, can break your system by installing a buggy package.
apt-listbugs lists critical bug reports from the Debian Bug Tracking System. Run it before apt to see if an upgrade or installation is known to be unsafe.

Do have a reason to believe that the bug reports for the packages in the backports.org repository aren't in the Debian Bug Tracking System? (& therefore wouldn't be found by apt-listbugs)

Did you just try it to see if it would work? (What harm would be done if it didn't work?)

Chriswaterguy · 02-03-2009, 05:48 PM

Do have a reason to believe that the bug reports for the packages in the backports.org repository aren't in the Debian Bug Tracking System? (& therefore wouldn't be found by apt-listbugs)

Did you just try it to see if it would work? (What harm would be done if it didn't work?)[/quote]

It could potentially influence which version of Debian I choose to install. I figured someone here would know the answer.

archtoad6 · 02-04-2009, 07:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Chriswaterguy

It could potentially influence which version of Debian I choose to install. I figured someone here would know the answer.

In other words you can't test by just trying it.

That leaves the issue of whether the bug reports for the packages in the backports.org repository are in the Debian Bug Tracking System & whether apt-listbugs would find & display them. Is there anyone more familiar w/ the Debian Bug Tracking System than OP or I who can answer that one?