Re: updating debian 8 (jessie) stable to permanent testing
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On 2016-01-25 10:34, Francis Gerund wrote:
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>>> -- or, would something else be better?
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>>
>> Something else would be better- not using jessie-backports. If
>> you're already using testing, enabling jessie-backports is
>> pointless and will put you halfway into FrankenDebian territory.
>> Beware.
>>
>> I would do something like this:
>>
>> deb http://http.debian.net/debian testing main deb
>> http://http.debian.net/debian testing-updates main deb
>> http://security.debian.org testing/updates main
>>
>>
>
>
>
> Hi.
>
> I am not using testing - yet. Here is the current
> /etc/apt/sources.list :
>
> # deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 8.2.0 _Jessie_ - Official amd64
> NETINST Binary-1 20150906-11:09]/ jessie main
>
> deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ jessie main
> contrib non-free deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ jessie
> main contrib non-free
>
> deb http://security.debian.org/ jessie/updates main
> contrib non-free deb-src http://security.debian.org/
> jessie/updates main contrib non-free
>
> # jessie-updates, previously known as 'volatile' deb
> http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ jessie-updates main contrib
> non-free deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ jessie-updates
> main contrib non-free
>
> # jessie-backports, previously on backports.debian.org deb
> http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ jessie-backports main contrib
> non-free deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ jessie-backports
> main contrib non-free
>
>
>
>
> --- So, how about this proposed /etc/apt/sources.list :
>
>
> # deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 8.2.0 _Jessie_ - Official amd64
> NETINST Binary-1 20150906-11:09]/ jessie main
>
> deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ testing main
> contrib non-free deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ testing
> main contrib non-free
>
> deb http://security.debian.org/ testing/updates main
> contrib non-free deb-src http://security.debian.org/
> testing/updates main contrib non-free
>
> # jessie-updates, previously known as 'volatile' deb
> http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ testing-updates main contrib
> non-free deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ testing-updates
> main contrib non-free
>
> # jessie-backports, previously on backports.debian.org # deb
> http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ jessie-backports main contrib
> non-free # deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/
> jessie-backports main contrib non-free
>
> Is this about right, to convert from stable to permanent testing?
> Or has having backports enabled already made it not doable?
Adam Wilson did say _not_ to use jessie-backports, as it would be
"pointless". You could I suppose use testing-backports instead, but
there will be nothing in it until after testing becomes stable.
Regards, Ken
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