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6 cdist-type__apt_backports - Install backports
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9 This singleton type installs backports for the current OS release. It
10 aborts if backports are not supported for the specified OS or no ver‐
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13 The package index will be automatically updated if required.
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15 It supports backports from following OSes:
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27 state Represents the state of the backports repository. present or ab‐
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32 mirror The mirror to fetch the backports from. Will defaults to the
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44 # setup the backports
45 __apt_backports
46 __apt_backports --state absent
47 __apt_backports --state present --mirror "http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/"
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49 # install a backports package
50 # currently for the buster release backports
51 require="__apt_backports" __package_apt wireguard \
52 --target-release buster-backports
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55 Aborts if the detected os is not Debian.
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62 For Ubuntu, it setup all componenents for the backports repository:
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64 stall proprietary packages, which will only be installed if the user
65 explicitly uses the backports target-release. The user may change this
66 behavior to install backports packages without the need of explicitly
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70 Official Debian Backports site
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75 Matthias Stecher <matthiasstecher at gmx.de>
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78 Copyright (C) 2020 Matthias Stecher. You can redistribute it and/or
79 modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as pub‐
80 lished by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the Li‐
81 cense, or (at your option) any later version.
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