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Re: Sarge release



On Tuesday 07 June 2005 03:54 pm, Christopher Smiga wrote:
> I saw this on a mirror site earlier today.
>
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>
>
>       Note: 3.1r0 CD image problem
>
> A bug has been discovered in the 3.1r0 CD/DVD images: new installs from
> these images will have a commented-out entry in /etc/apt/sources.list
> for "http://security.debian.org/ testing/updates" rather than an active
> entry for "http://security.debian.org/stable/updates";, and thus will not
> get security updates by default. This was due to incorrect Release files
> on the images.
>
> If you have already installed a system using a 3.1r0 CD/DVD image, you
> do not need to reinstall. Instead, simply edit /etc/apt/sources.list,
> look for any lines mentioning security.debian.org, change "testing" to
> "stable", and remove "# " from the start of the line.
>
> If you installed other than from a CD or DVD (for example, netboot, or
> booting from floppy and installing the base system from the network),
> you are not affected by this bug.
>
> New 3.1r0a images will be available shortly to correct this flaw. We
> apologise for the inconvenience.

So just how many of the original discs need to be replaced?  I'd think only 
the first one, and special CDs like the business card and net install ones, 
but would any but the first of all 14 be effected?

Hal



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