Re: APT Sources.list Line Format for Security Updates
On Mon, Jul 12, 2021 at 06:55:30PM +0000, Gregory McPherran wrote:
> This shows the new security line form as:
> DebianBullseye - Debian Wiki<https://wiki.debian.org/DebianBullseye?highlight=%28CategoryRelease%29#New_Features>
> deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security bullseye-security main
>
> This shows the new security line form as:
> sources.list(5) — apt — Debian unstable — Debian Manpages<https://manpages.debian.org/unstable/apt/sources.list.5.en.html#EXAMPLES>
> deb http://security.debian.org bullseye-security main
>
> Is one of "http://security.debian.org/debian-security"; or "http://security.debian.org"; the correct format ?
>
> Or is the "debian-security" portion optional ?
Try both and see which one works. If the wiki is wrong, edit the wiki so
that it's correct. (Then hope some jerk doesn't revert your changes.)
If the man page is wrong, file a bug report and pray that the man page
will be fixed in a post-11.0 point release.
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