Debian Updates?
Hi all,
Ok, I'm a little confused on how updates to the Debian system are
supposed to work. I hope someone can help me figure it out
So what determines an "r" release? The Debian pages say the current
release is at 2.1r2. How do I know if I have an "r2" release? Are the
"r" changes automatically rolled into the "stable" dist online?
What about security updates? I've added "deb
http://security.debian.org/ stable updates" to my sources.list file but
I see that not all the security updates are in "security.debian.org" but
rather some (like procmail) are still in "proposed-updates".
How does "proposed-updates" differ from "unstable"?
Speaking of unstable. What if my favorite package of "foo-1.0" gets
updated to "foo-1.1". Will that package ever make it back into the
"stable" tree or will is belong to the "unstable" tree until that whole
tree becomes the next stable release? If it's going to remain in the
"unstable" tree is there a way to automatically get apt to show it,
*and* offer me a choice of the "unstable" foo-1.1 or the "stable"
foo-1.0? I assume that if I add an 'unstable' entry to my sources.list
file I will have essentially initiated and "update" to the "unstable"
tree - I don't necessarily want that (yet).
I hope you'll excuse my meandering confusion with this question.
Thanks,
Marc
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Marc Matteo
Web Engineer, The Sacramento Bee
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