About

This is an inoffical repository for the Debian/lenny distribution. Amongst other packages, it includes:

The raw archive is here.

Usage

To use these packages, please perform the following steps:

  1. Import the archive key:
    wget -O- http://debian.incertum.net/cite-backports.gpg | apt-key add -
    
  2. Add the following line to /etc/apt/sources.list:
    deb http://debian.incertum.net/ cite-backports experimental
    
    If you need the latest stable versions of postfix:
    deb http://debian.incertum.net/ postfix-lenny-backports experimental
    
  3. If you want sources, you have to further add:
    deb-src http://debian.incertum.net/ cite-backports experimental
    
    to your /etc/apt/sources.list. If you need sources of the latest stable versions of postfix:
    deb-src http://debian.incertum.net/ postfix-lenny-backports experimental
    

  4. Update the list of available packages:
    apt-get update
    
  5. To install packages, use the command line switch -t cite-backports when using aptitude or apt-get, e.g.:
    aptitude -t cite-backports install postfix postfix-cdb postfix-pgsql
    
    If you want the latest 2.7 backport of postfix only, replace "cite-backports" witch "postfix-lenny-backports".

  6. To automagically get updates for packages from this repositoriy you already installed, add those lines to /etc/apt/preferences:
    Package: *
    Pin: release a=cite-backports
    Pin-Priority: 200
    
    (And for "postfix-lenny-backports", you need the same stanza).

Disclaimer

Please note that these packages are NOT official packages. That means that they may contain errors, break your system and so on. Use at your own risk! To report errors, send mail to cite@incertum.net.

Troubleshooting

Q: Why does aptitue (apt-get) want to upgrade several of my installed packages to versions from your repository, even without the "-t cite-backports" switch?

A: My bad, I had an error in my "Release" file. Please delete your binary package cache and rebuild it:
rm /var/cache/apt/pkgcache.bin
apt-get update

Q: Why does apt-get source get source from your repository? Why does apt-get -t cite-backports source spit out an error?

A: I don't have any idea, honestly. Sorry.