[plug] trouble setting up backports

[Darren]

thanks for the reply  Nathan ,using the instructions from backports 
.org  originally  i could not get  it to work ,not sure why ? the puter 
that i had debian  running on is in pieces at the moment ,so i will try 
again once it is back online.thanks again  for the reply
Darren

Nathan D wrote:

>On Tue, 23 Nov 2004 21:08:31 +0800, Darren <dylnx at westnet.com.au> wrote:
>  
>
>>What is the correct syntax for  a backports  entry in   /sources.list
>>.using iinet's ftp server ? ive tried using the intsructions from
>>backports.org  to no avail .
>>    
>>
>
>Nobody else has replied, so I will give it a shot.  
>
>http://backports.org/mirrors.html does not show iinet as an official
>backport server so AFAIK, you will not be able to use iinet.  Of the 3
>Australian ones that are shown, only Pacific Internet has a working
>web page.
>
>The lines that you add to your /etc/apt/sources.list file are -
>deb [f|ht]tp://mirror.pacific.net.au/linux/debian-backports/debian
>stable package ...
>deb-src [f|ht]tp://mirror.pacific.net.au/linux/debian-backports/debian
>stable package ...     (set either http or ftp as required in the
>above lines)
>
>as per the instructions on http://backports.org/installation.html
>
>Good luck :)
>
>regards,
>  Nathan D.
>
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