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Re: Lots of updates? OK?



On Sat, Oct 18, 2014 at 09:46:38PM +0100, Joe wrote:
> 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:

https://lists.debian.org/debian-security/2014/10/msg00043.html  

> 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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