Re: how to update Debian OS properly

[keith <km3952@gmail.com>]

On Fri, 25 May 2012 18:28:29 +0500
Muhammad Yousuf Khan <sirtcp@gmail.com> wrote:

> ok found a website for which generates source.list
> 
> http://debgen.simplylinux.ch/
> 
> deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free
> deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free
> deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ squeeze-updates main contrib non-free
> deb-src http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ squeeze-updates main contrib non-free
> deb http://security.debian.org/ squeeze/updates main contrib non-free
> deb-src http://security.debian.org/ squeeze/updates main contrib non-free
> 
> please confirm if above repositories are good to go with,
> 
> In conclusion i found out that i should stick to stable and should not
> play with the source list until unless it is necessary. even if i add
> a repo then  i must comment it after installing the "whatever package"
> 

I think that sources.list will work OK
(I believe it will prioritize the us sites if they come first)

With regard to using stable as a designation; I don't, I use Squeeze, but I thought I would just mention it.

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keith <km3952@gmail.com>