Re: Plan to update linux kernel due to CVE-2013-2094?
Steven Ayre <steveayre@gmail.com> writes:
> Yes it is possible in theory and often without issues especially if you
> know debian very well and know what you're doing, but it does rely on
> the maintainers having specified the exact packages and versions they
> require to get the necessary dependancies, and even then there may be
> differing behaviour between the releases that affect the preinst,
> postinst etc scripts.
It's worth noting that partial upgrades are something Debian officially
supports, so if you notice incorrect dependencies or other problems with
mixed stable and testing systems, please do report them. It's not
something that's heavily tested, so it does break, but it's something that
Debian also has a policy of trying to make work.
(It *is* fair game for a mixed system to end up a "mostly testing" system
due to dependencies, though; that's not considered breakage.)
--
Russ Allbery (rra@debian.org) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>
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