are backports available for Raspbian?

[beta-tester]

hi,

i need a newer version of a package as it is in the current raspbian jessie repository.
on debian stretch there is already the newer version of the package available i am looking for.
on debian there is a possibility to get newer packages on an "old" jessie system, by using the jessie-backports package reporitory.
for raspbian, is there also that kind of "jessie-backports" package reporitory available?
on http://mirrordirector.raspbian.org/raspbian/dists/ i can't find.
or is raspbians "jessie-staging" the equivalent to debians "jessie-backports"?

i know, often it is possible to compile packages from the source code, but it is always a mess. and i never know, what i have to do with the "old" version of the package that is already installed.

so i would prefer to only use the jessie-backports or how ever it is called for raspbian.

see here, what backports means (for those who don't know - like i did, until today)
https://backports.debian.org/Instructions/

[rpdom]

No, there are no backports for Raspbian.

In many cases it is possible to install the version from Raspbian Stretch, ideally by adding the repos and pinning Stretch to a a low priority.

[beta-tester]

thanks.

i just decided to switch completely from Jessie to Stretch repository.
upgrade and dist-upgrade with success without big issues up to now.
but the system was not that customised before i made the switch.

now, i have what i was looking for.

[allfox]

I see dnsmasq 2.76 in Raspbian Jessie repo. It's newer than Jessie default. Don't know the policy here in Raspbian.

[rpdom]

I see dnsmasq 2.76 in Raspbian Jessie repo.

No it isn't. The version in Raspbian Jessie is 2.72-3+deb8u1. Raspbian Stretch has 2.76-5. The 2.76-5+rpi1 version is from the Raspberry Pi Jessie repo.

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pi@raspi8:~ $ apt-cache policy dnsmasq
dnsmasq:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: 2.76-5+rpi1
  Version table:
     2.76-5+rpi2 0
         10 http://archive.raspberrypi.org/debian/ stretch/main armhf Packages
     2.76-5+rpi1 0
        500 http://archive.raspberrypi.org/debian/ jessie/main armhf Packages
     2.76-5 0
         10 http://mirrordirector.raspbian.org/raspbian/ stretch/main armhf Packages
     2.72-3+deb8u1 0
        500 http://mirrordirector.raspbian.org/raspbian/ jessie/main armhf Packages

[allfox]

No it isn't. The version in Raspbian Jessie is 2.72-3+deb8u1. Raspbian Stretch has 2.76-5. The 2.76-5+rpi1 version is from the Raspberry Pi Jessie repo.

That's a bit complex.