[Mageia-dev] Missing packages in Mageia 1. How to backport?

[andre999]

James Kerr a écrit :
>
> On 10/06/11 15:09, James Kerr wrote:
>> On 10/06/11 13:54, Michael Scherer wrote:
>>> Le vendredi 10 juin 2011 à 14:21 +0200, Oliver Burger a écrit :
>>>> Thomas Backlund<tmb at mageia.org> schrieb am 10.06.2011
>>>>> So the path would then be */updates_testing -> */updates _if_ we
>>>>> decide that's the way to go...
>>>> As I see it, it's the only user friendly way. Using backports is fine
>>>> for experienced users who do know what to install from backports or
>>>> who are capable of facing the consequences.
>>>> If a total newbie asks fort a package in the forums and is pointed to
>>>> backports he is in great danger of wrecking his system by installing
>>>> some new kernel, graphics driver, desktop or whatever, precisely
>>>> because there is no real qa on backports.
>>>
>>> He can also wait for the release. Or he can enable backport just for the
>>> time needed to install and then disable it. I think rpmdrake have some
>>> stuff for that.
>>
>> Even though backports are disabled rpmdrake can display a list of
>> available backports. (The sources are automatically updated by
>> mgaonline.) A selected backport can then be installed, without enabling
>> the backports source. (I've just tested this on mdv 2010.0, the only mdv
>> system that I have available.)
>
> I've just realised there is a potential problem with this. Because
> Mageia has /backports_testing repo's (mdv does not) packages from
> /backports_testing may also be displayed. Mgaonline is updating those
> sources.
>
> Jim

That was a bug in rpmdrake.
If you had updated the repos with backports media enabled, when the backports media was 
subsequently disabled, the previously available backports packages remained displayed/installable. 
  But new backports were not added if the repos were updated with backports disabled.  There was 
the same problem for other media (like non-free).
Otherwise enabling/disabling backports (or any other media) wouldn't make any sense.

-- 
André