Re: Query about possible impact of leap second on Debian Linux
On 23/05/2015, Bob Proulx <bob@proulx.com> wrote:
> Bret Busby wrote:
>> ... so, upon checking (using Synaptic) the tzdata package(s), and
>> finding they needed updating, apparently without depending on the
>> kernel update(s), I have now updated the tzdata packages. There are
>> tzdata and tzdata-java, both of which had updates available.
>
> The tzdata package is updated through the stable-updates section, not
> to be confused with the security stable/updates section. They are
> similarly named but different update channels. The stable-updates
> path is the one time named "volatile" section for those that remember
> it. It is for updates that by their nature must update more often
> than the Debian Stable release and point release cycle.
>
> Packages such as tzdata are updated when governments change the
> timezones. This happens outside of distribution release cycles.
>
> For Debian Stable Jessie 8 the following shows all three sets of
> sources that one should have in their sources.list in order to get all
> of the updates they should be getting.[*] This is the main archive
> where most packages exist, the updates source for packages such as
> tzdata, and the security source for security upgrades.
>
> deb http://httpredir.debian.org/debian jessie main
> deb-src http://httpredir.debian.org/debian jessie main
>
> deb http://httpredir.debian.org/debian jessie-updates main
> deb-src http://httpredir.debian.org/debian jessie-updates main
>
> deb http://security.debian.org/ jessie/updates main
> deb-src http://security.debian.org/ jessie/updates main
>
And, with Debian 6 LTS, in /etc/apt/sources.list, I have, apart from
the commented out lines,
"
deb http://http.debian.net/debian/ squeeze main contrib non-free
deb-src http://http.debian.net/debian/ squeeze main contrib non-free
deb http://http.debian.net/debian squeeze-lts main contrib non-free
deb-src http://http.debian.net/debian squeeze-lts main contrib non-free
"
--
Bret Busby
Armadale
West Australia
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