On 2020-02-03 06:08, Greg Wooledge wrote:
On Sun, Feb 02, 2020 at 02:19:30PM -0800, David Christensen wrote:https://wiki.debian.org/SimpleBackportCreationThe tutorial says "Add sid to your sources.list". So, I added the following lines to /etc/apt/sources.list: deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ sid main deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ sid main!!!! :( :( :( Thank you for pointing out the problem. I've changed the text on that page.
Thanks for the clarification. There's nothing like blowing up your system periodically to test backup/ recovery procedures. ;-)
So, add only the following line to /etc/apt/sources.list, modifying the mirror per local requirements?
deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ sid mainIt would probably be best to show an example line, especially for non-native English readers.
David