Re: old entries in sources.list?

[Jeffrey Walton <noloader@gmail.com>]

On Fri, Jun 20, 2025 at 8:04 PM Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Jun 20, 2025 at 10:15:21PM +0200, 🦓 wrote:
> > if that is so safe, then i would just suggest a stable
> > file:/etc/apt/sources.list.d/stable.list simply specifying
> > deb http://deb.debian.org/ stable main
> > deb-src http://deb.debian.org/ stable main
>
> Congratulations, you just told people to disable all security updates.
>
> This entire thread could have been answered by "do what the release
> notes tell you to do." There is literally a section in there telling you
> what sources.list should look like, and everyone is supposed to read
> the release notes before upgrading.
>
> Anyone asking about this needs to read the release notes.
>
> Anyone providing answers in this thread that differ from what the
> release notes say needs to read the release notes.
>
> Everyone needs to read the release notes before upgrading, every time.

You're right. I should not have brought up the configuration file, who
owns it, and who can edit it.

Jeff