Re: APT Sources.list Line Format for Security Updates
Greg Wooledge wrote:
> 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.
On my test bullseye desktop:
deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security bullseye-security main
works without complaint.
-dsr-
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