Re: How to keep debian current??
On Tue, 2010-05-18 at 20:30 +0300, Andrei Popescu wrote:
> On Wed,19.May.10, 00:34:02, Osamu Aoki wrote:
> >
> > New:
> > If "sid" is used in the above example instead of "lenny", the "deb:
> > http://security.debian.org/ …" line for security updates in the
> > "/etc/apt/sources.list" is not required. This is because "sid"
> > (unstable) is always updated whenever security issues are fixed. There
> > is no need to have a separate security update archive for "sid".
>
> May I suggest:
> ---
> If "sid" is used in the above example instead of "lenny", the "deb:
> http://security.debian.org/ …" line for security updates in the
> "/etc/apt/sources.list" is not required as there is no need to have a
> separate security update archive for "sid". This is because "sid"
> (unstable) is *usually* updated whenever security issues are fixed for
> stable.
>
> However, it can happen that the fixes are not applied immediately (e.g.
> the maintainer is waiting for a new version from upstream which fixes
> the issue) or issues exist which do not affect the version in stable or
> testing, in which case Debian will not even issue a DSA.
> ---
> (DSA might need expanding/explaining if not already done in some other
> paragraph)
I thought John Hasler's response was very good. It explained why I was
confused - there are security updates but they are not the same type of
updates as testing and stable receive. Perhaps John's wording should be
included; it clarified a very murky issue for me - John
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