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Re: Explanation of package list at www.debian.org. (solved)



On Sun, 28 Sep 2003, Colin Watson wrote:

> On Sun, Sep 28, 2003 at 10:12:34PM +0200, Jimmy Johansson wrote:
> > Hi, I have a quick question about the package list (stable) at
> > www.debian.org.
> > 
> > Some packages have a red "label", security, behind them. Does this mean
> > that this package is security enhanced or that it is a security risk?
> 
> It means that the package comes from the archive at security.debian.org,
> which in turn indicates that it's had an update to fix a security
> vulnerability since the last stable release.

I just want to thank you Colin. Your help, and everybody elses help, is
much appreciated by me (and I think I speak for all newbies here).

/Jimmy




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