Hi,

On 1/6/20 6:37 pm, dng@??? wrote:
> On 01-06-2020 01:31, Andrew McGlashan via Dng wrote:
>> ca-certificates
>>
>> /usr/bin/aptitude show -t stretch-backports ca-certificates:
>> E: Unable to locate package ca-certificates:
>>
>> https://packages.debian.org/search?suite=stretch-backports&keywords=ca-certificates
>>
>> Is there any chance of getting a backport of the package in buster without migrating to beowulf now?
>>
>> Thanks
>
> It is downloadable, does most likely not have executable code. Just download it and install it with dkpg.

I wondered about doing that.... but no good.

- The version of openssl is too old (dependent) and the backports for it is as well; I think it could get messy.


# dpkg -i ca-certificates_20190110_all.deb
(Reading database ... 75115 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack ca-certificates_20190110_all.deb ...
Unpacking ca-certificates (20190110) over (20161130+nmu1+deb9u1) ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of ca-certificates:
ca-certificates depends on openssl (>= 1.1.1); however:
Version of openssl on system is 1.1.0l-1~deb9u1.

dpkg: error processing package ca-certificates (--install):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.6.1-2) ...
cat: /etc/debian_version: No such file or directory
cat: /etc/debian_version: No such file or directory
cat: /etc/debian_version: No such file or directory
Errors were encountered while processing:
ca-certificates

# cat /etc/apt/sources.list
deb     http://au.deb.devuan.org/merged ascii           main non-free contrib
deb     http://au.deb.devuan.org/merged ascii-updates   main non-free contrib
deb     http://au.deb.devuan.org/merged ascii-security  main non-free contrib
deb     http://au.deb.devuan.org/merged ascii-backports main non-free contrib

deb-src http://au.deb.devuan.org/merged ascii           main non-free contrib
deb-src http://au.deb.devuan.org/merged ascii-updates   main non-free contrib
deb-src http://au.deb.devuan.org/merged ascii-security  main non-free contrib
deb-src http://au.deb.devuan.org/merged ascii-backports main non-free contrib

# aptitude show -t ascii-backports openssl
Mon 1 Jun 19:10:49 AEST 2020 -- show -t ascii-backports openssl
Package: openssl
Version: 1.1.0l-1~deb9u1
State: installed
Automatically installed: yes
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: utils
Maintainer: Debian OpenSSL Team <pkg-openssl-devel@???>
Architecture: amd64
Uncompressed Size: 1,347 k
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15), libssl1.1 (>= 1.1.0)
Suggests: ca-certificates
Description: Secure Sockets Layer toolkit - cryptographic utility

Homepage: https://www.openssl.org/
Tags: implemented-in::c, interface::commandline, protocol::ssl, role::program, scope::utility, security::cryptography, security::integrity, use::checking


Kind Regards
AndrewM