Re: Lots of updates? OK?
On Sat, 18 Oct 2014 13:18:21 -0700
Ross Boylan <rossboylan@stanfordalumni.org> wrote:
> My wheezy system shows 34 packages updated since I last checked, which
> I think was yesterday. Is this legitimate? I got a security warning
> about the keys when I first checked, but that went away after I did
> another aptitude update. I haven't installed any of the new packages
> yet.
>
> The update seems to include a point release (at least base-files
> changes) and a new linux kernel. I see some security advisories,
> including the version bump for iceweasel, but nothing about, for
> example, the kernel. And the debian web site says the last point
> release was in July.
>
Subscribe to the debian-security list, and you will get emails like
this, which arrived today:
On Wed, 2014-09-24 at 20:12 +0100, Adam D. Barratt wrote:
> The next point release for "wheezy" (7.7) is scheduled for Saturday,
> October 18th. Stable NEW will be frozen during the preceding
> weekend.
The archive side of the point release has now finished, and a mirror
update is running, so packages should start appearing on mirrors in the
next couple of hours or so.
Regards,
Adam
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Joe
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