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@@ -32,6 +32,12 @@ ForcedObsoletes:
happens *after* the cache.commit())
RemoveEssentialOk:
Those packages are ok to remove even though they are essential
+KeepInstalledPkgs:
+ If the package was installed before, it should still be installed
+ after the upgrade
+KeepInstalledSection:
+ Packages from this section that were installed should always be
+ installed afterwards as well (useful for eg translations)
[$meta-pkg]
KeyDependencies:
@@ -46,4 +52,11 @@ ForcedObsoletes:
[Sources] - how to rewrite the sources.list
-[Network] - network specific options \ No newline at end of file
+[Network] - network specific options
+
+[Backports] - use specific packages for dist-upgrade
+Packages= List of what packages to look for
+VersionIdent=Version identification. needs to be uniq, dist-upgrader will
+ fetch the version that contains this string
+SourcesList=a sources.list fragment that will be placed into
+ /etc/apt/sources.list.d and that contains the backported pkgs \ No newline at end of file