Re: Debian Stable Updates Announcement SUA 197-1
On Tue 23 Mar 2021 at 09:31:52 (-0700), David Christensen wrote:
> On 3/22/21 8:34 PM, David Wright wrote:
> > On Mon 22 Mar 2021 at 17:26:14 (-0700), David Christensen wrote:
> > > On 3/22/21 5:03 PM, Keith Wyatt wrote:
> > >
> > > > As o[f]
> > > > now it will include the following bug fixes. They can be found in "buster-
> > > > proposed-updates", which is carried by all official mirrors.
> > >
> > > Please provide a URL.
> >
> > Do you mean for the .deb files themselves. AIUI they're in the
> > pool with all the rest. As for the changes files, they're in
> >
> > http://XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX/debian/dists/buster-proposed-updates/
> >
> > where XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX is whatever you put in /etc/apt/sources.list
> > as your local mirror.
>
> Thank you for the response.
>
> Browsing:
>
> http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/dists/buster-proposed-updates/
>
> Yes, I do see many *.changes files (one for each package and
> architecture combination).
>
> But, that does not tell me how to *use* the information presented --
> e.g. that proposed Debian Stable updates are available (for testing).
I would say "for trying out"; "testing" is rather ambiguous in this context.
> Assuming that I start with a fresh install of:
>
> debian-10.8.0-amd64-xfce-CD-1.iso
>
> How do I download and/or install the proposed updates?
>
> That is the URL I need.
It's not a URL, but just another line in sources.list.
But I myself prefer to just download .debs automatically with the
usual three lines:
deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ buster main non-free contrib
deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security buster/updates main contrib non-free
deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ buster-updates main contrib non-free
… and a cron job, then peruse and install them; and I treat
point releases in just the same way.
Cheers,
David.
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