[Apt-proxy-users] Selective sources

[Keith E. <ke...@mi...>]

What I'm trying to do: install Samba V3 from www.backports.org whilst
otherwise maintaining a Woody system.

What works: without using apt-proxy, I can do this by adding the
following to sources.list:

deb http://www.backports.org/debian stable samba

...and having a /etc/apt/preferences like this:

====================================================
Package: *
Pin: release a=stable
Pin-Priority: 900

Package: samba 
Pin: origin www.backports.org
Pin-Priority: 950

Package: samba-common
Pin: origin www.backports.org
Pin-Priority: 950

Package: libacl1
Pin: origin www.backports.org
Pin-Priority: 950

Package: libattr1
Pin: origin www.backports.org
Pin-Priority: 950

Explanation: Uninstall or do not install any Debian-originated
Explanation: instances other than those in the stable distro
Package: *
Pin: release o=Debian
Pin-Priority: -10
====================================================

Now, rather than pull those packages over the net each time, I want my
apt-proxy server to serve them. However, I'm not sure how to set it up
such that I can specify only the packages above are to come from
backports; the rest are to come from stable mirrors. The problem is that
once I add the appropriate lines to /etc/apt-proxy/apt-proxy.conf, the
'origin' of the packages (as seen by 'apt-cache policy') is the local
apt-proxy server, and thus I cannot distinguish the backports packages
from the others.

Does that make sense?

Can what I want to do be done with apt-proxy?

Keith