Re: security updates for testing distibution

[Andrew Agno <agno@AI.SRI.COM>]

John Hasler writes:
 > Andrew writes:
 > > Don't security updates also go to unstable?
 > No.  Security updates are almost always done by backporting the fix to the
 > version of the package that is in stable.  The version in unstable is
 > almost always a more recent one.  If it is vulnerable it will be fixed when
 > the maintainer uploads a new version.

Ah, I see.  Well that's almost as good, then, as fixes that are down
in the stable version probably have roots in the version maintained by 
the upstream authors.  Which means that a new version would be pending
for unstable.

Andrew.


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