Re: non-free
On 13.10.06 10:57, Roger Johansen wrote:
> This is the content of my sources.list file:
>
> deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main contrib
> deb http://ftp.no.debian.org/debian/ stable main
> deb-src http://ftp.no.debian.org/debian/ stable main
in this case, you don't even need the 'contrib' section from security
updates. (you may randomly see new packages to appeas, as thre will be
security fixes for packages in contrib uploaded into security archive)
> The reason that i mentioned the non-free part was because i am reading the
> "securing debian manual":
>
> [Quote]
> To manually update the system, put the following line in your sources.list
> and you will get security updates automatically, whenever you update your
> system.
>
> deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main contrib non-free
> [/Quote]
>
> i compared this with my own sources.list file and found out that i had a
> similar line in my sources.list file but WITHOUT the non-free part.
>
> I then wondered what the non-free part was about, and i still do i guess :)
see sections explanation on http://www.debian.org/distrib/packages
> If i dont need the non-free part then i suggest the manual is changed, i
> could just change my sources.list file to match the one in the manual, but
> i like to know what im doing instead of just doing it :)
hmmm, this is probably up to the manual authors...
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