Re: Non-understood advice - was Re: dist-upgrade from sarge to etch - package
On Mon, 11 Feb 2008 23:13:58 +0100, Florian Kulzer wrote:
On Mon, 11 Feb 2008 23:13:58 +0100, Florian Kulzer wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 11, 2008 at 21:45:24 +0000, Felix Karpfen wrote:
>> On Sun, 10 Feb 2008 23:00:13 +0100, Florian Kulzer wrote:
>>
>> > Please post the output of:
>> >
>> > grep ^Origin /var/lib/apt/lists/*_Release
>> >
>> >
>> No output
> The "~O" match of aptitude relies on the "Origin: ..." statement in the
> Release files AFAIK, so it will not work here.
There is a Release file on DVD1 in the /dist/etch directory. It contains
md5sums. No reference to "Origin".
> If that computer is connected to the internet at all then you should
> have the security repository included anyhow.
Currently it is present in /etc/apt/sources.list and commented out :-(.
When I get my courage up to use "apt-zip", I will remove the mark and
bring my OS up-to-date. Hitherto, all the flagged security issues have
been "local" and hence are not a problem when there is only one user.
Thank you for taking the time to clarify my confusion.
Felix Karpfen
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