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Re: Explanation of package list at www.debian.org.



On Sun, Sep 28, 2003 at 10:12:34PM +0200, Jimmy Johansson wrote:
> Hi, I have a quick question about the package list (stable) at
> www.debian.org.
> 
> Some packages have a red "label", security, behind them. Does this mean
> that this package is security enhanced or that it is a security risk?

It means that the package comes from the archive at security.debian.org,
which in turn indicates that it's had an update to fix a security
vulnerability since the last stable release.

Cheers,

-- 
Colin Watson                                  [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]



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