Re: Definitive instructions for Buster LTS security updates
On Mon, Feb 21, 2022 at 6:31 AM Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Feb 21, 2022 at 06:25:35AM -0700, Keith Christian wrote:
> > My first search brought me to wiki.debian.org, where I landed on the
> > /LTS/Using page, but it contained no Buster-specific instructions.
>
> See also <https://wiki.debian.org/DebianBuster> which says:
>
> Q) Where do I get buster packages?
> Use the following sources for buster:
>
> deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ buster main
> deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security buster/updates main
>
> > E: The repository 'http://deb.debian.org/debian buster/updates
> > Release' does not have a Release file.
>
> You've got an error here. Either you meant this to be a security line,
> and you've forgotten to use "debian-security" at the tail end of the
> URL field, or else you meant this to be a "buster-updates" line, and
> accidentally used a / instead of a - character in the third field.
>
> (I'm not sure if a buster-updates repository section still exists for
> that release, but if it does, it'll be spelled with a hyphen.)
>
Thanks Greg,
The Buster machine I'm planning to re-activate is still powered off
until I find the exact security update lines for sources.list.
This error that you mention below is an example from my "pre-startup
research," showing a user's report.
When I find the correct sources.list lines I'll verify them with your
suggestions below.
> > E: The repository 'http://deb.debian.org/debian buster/updates
> > Release' does not have a Release file.
>
> You've got an error here. Either you meant this to be a security line,
> and you've forgotten to use "debian-security" at the tail end of the
> URL field, or else you meant this to be a "buster-updates" line, and
> accidentally used a / instead of a - character in the third field.
Keith
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