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Re: how to update packages now sarge is stable?



On Fri, 2005-07-22 at 20:54 -0300, Derek Broughton wrote:
> Lee wrote:
> 
> > The only reason I wish to upgrade Firefox 1.0.5 is precisely because it is
> > a security fix and no update has yet been forthcoming. 1.0.5 has now been
> > superceded by 1.0.6 but the issue remains.
> 
> Then you need to use both sarge/stable and the security
> repository/depository (hey, _I_ don't know what's wrong with calling it a
> depository - they seem like synonyms to me!).  I'm using Ubuntu, so I don't
> remember what the URL for your security repository is.
> -- 
> derek
> 
> 

To get security updates on standard Debian, (including backported
security patches), add the following line to your /etc/apt/sources.list
and then do an apt-get update & apt-get upgrade.

deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main contrib non-free

HTH,
-Ian



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