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Re: Apt-get Upgrade Problem in Stretch?



On Fri, 21 Jul 2017 08:48:17 +0200 Dejan Jocic <jodejka@gmail.com>
wrote:

> On 20-07-17, Patrick Bartek wrote:
> > On Thu, 20 Jul 2017 08:48:17 +0200 Dejan Jocic <jodejka@gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > 
> > > 
> > > If you have minimal install, why do you suspect that something is
> > > wrong, rather to suppose that all is fine and that simply there
> > > was no security updates for your install? It is stable now, and
> > > as far as i can remember, all those security updates we did have
> > > of lately were somehow tied for graphical part, plus apache and
> > > ngninx. Apart for security updates, tough luck of getting some
> > > other updates on stable. And "everything worked fine" on your
> > > install of Stretch RC2 because it was still testing and there was
> > > much more updates then?
> > 
> > That was my first thought.  And as I used a Stable net-install disk
> > for my first tests of Stable, the system would have been up-to-date
> > after the install. But it's been two weeks since that time.  I've
> > added X, a window manager, utilities, apps, etc.  Based on my past
> > experience, historically, there should have been some fixes.  I've
> > never come across any such new release -- Debian or others -- that
> > didn't need a plethora of fixes in those few days to a month
> > after.  Or perhaps Stretch is bug free.  Or as I said in another
> > post: Maybe the maintainers are taking a vacation.
> > 
> > As far as RC2:  I dist-upgraded it to Stable in the course of my
> > tests. And as soon as it hit stable, apt-get upgrades ceased
> > producing anything for a week.  So, I downloaded the Stable
> > net-install CD for a new install to see if there was any
> > differences.
> > 
> > B
> > 
> 
> Yes, but did you really check if security updates debian stable had
> during those 2 weeks included packages that you have installed, or
> not? Your past experience is past, this is another install. Just take
> look at security updates and compare, there is no much philosophy
> there:
> 
> https://www.debian.org/security/
> 
> Look under recent advisories.

I will check.  Thanks.

B


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