Welcome to the POCOS repository for Debian Linux.
This file was updated: Thu, 26 Feb 2009 10:42:03 +0100

There are actually two different repositories for each Debian release, one
named 'backports' and one named 'custom'. The former contains packages that
are merely backported from testing or unstable, without any functional changes.
These packages can be safely upgraded to a newer version from official Debian
repositories when one is released, for example when a new version of Debian is
released.

The latter contains packages that are functionally different from official
Debian packages, so upgrading to a possibly newer version from Lenny or for
example Backports.org might break things and is not recommended.

WARNING: packages from the 'custom' repository have been changed by the
         maintainer of this repository and may or may not do what you
         expect them to. Use at your own risk!

Use the following configuration to use the packages available here:

For Lenny:
  deb http://debian.sipo.nl lenny-backports main
  deb http://debian.sipo.nl lenny-custom main
  
  deb-src http://debian.sipo.nl lenny-backports main
  deb-src http://debian.sipo.nl lenny-custom main

For Etch:
  deb http://debian.sipo.nl etch-backports main
  deb http://debian.sipo.nl etch-custom main
  
  deb-src http://debian.sipo.nl etch-backports main
  deb-src http://debian.sipo.nl etch-custom main

For Sarge:
  deb http://debian.sipo.nl sarge-backports main
  deb http://debian.sipo.nl sarge-custom main
  
  deb-src http://debian.sipo.nl sarge-backports main
  deb-src http://debian.sipo.nl sarge-custom main


All packages have a default priority of 1, which is set in the Release
file. This means that they will not be used automatically, even if you
have the appropriate lines in your sources.list file.

To install a package from the 'backports' repository, you can use one of:

  # aptitude -t lenny-backports install <package>
  # aptitude -t etch-backports install <package>

Similarly, to install a package from the 'custom' repository, type one of:

  # aptitude -t lenny-custom install <package>
  # aptitude -t etch-custom install <package>

To get automatic upgrades for packages from 'backports', you should set
a priority > 100. Add the following to /etc/apt/preferences:

  Package: *
  Pin: release lenny-backports
  Pin-Priority: 120

If you decide to use packages from 'custom', it is recommended to create
a pin with a priority > 500, to make sure the package is never unexpectedly
overwritten with an incompatible package from a different repository. This
can be done by adding the following lines to /etc/apt/preferences:

  Package: *
  Pin: release lenny-custom
  Pin-Priority: 600

Good luck!
Martijn.