Hi Brian and Rudolf, Quoting Brian Potkin (2018-01-07 15:16:46) > On Sun 07 Jan 2018 at 14:13:57 +0100, Rudolf Polzer wrote: > > This is my /etc/apt/sources.list, I am updating three or four times a year: > > > > deb http://ftp.uni-erlangen.de/debian/ stretch main > > deb-src http://ftp.uni-erlangen.de/debian/ stretch main > > deb http://ftp.uni-erlangen.de/debian/ stable main > > deb-src http://ftp.uni-erlangen.de/debian/ stable main > > stretch and stable are the the same distribution at present. The second > two lines are duplicates of the first two. (In year or so, stable will > be buster). [...] > > # I need this line for scilab: > > deb http://ftp.uni-erlangen.de/debian/ sid main > > I've never mixed stable and unstable sources, so do not know what the > consequences could be. Someone? A system consisting purely of packages from a single(!) Debian suite is what we call a Debian system. A system involving packages not only from a a single Debian suite, but including just a single package from elsewhere - whether or not a Debian origin! - is a mess. Possibly a nice and useful mess, but a mess. We welcome our users of Debian to report issues with using our work - arguably also when using single package in a mess. Messy systems are far more difficult to debug however, and package maintainers may want to prioritize issues reproducible on proper Debian systems (and some outright dismiss issues on messy systems). Therefore make sure to always mention immediately in bugreports when dealing with a messy system, to help minimize time wasted on making false assumption e.g. about dependency chains and reproducability. - Jonas -- * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist & Internet-arkitekt * Tlf.: +45 40843136 Website: http://dr.jones.dk/ [x] quote me freely [ ] ask before reusing [ ] keep private
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