Re: release files on security.debian.org
Previously Brian May wrote:
> (I have CCed this to the apt development team, as I am not the
> authoritive source for some of the issues that have been bought up
> here; unless you have a good reason not to, please keep these
> addresses when replying: team@security.debian.org, APT Development
> Team <deity@lists.debian.org>).
I'm not sure who the authoritive team is here, Releases was kind
of silently introduced without any public discussions as far as I
remember.
> apt-get install x -t stable
> instead it would have to be
> apt-get install x -t potato
They are basically the same thing. Apt should have a way to add
an alias, but using `stable' feels very wrong to me.
> Then if you gave 2.2r2 the higher priority (in /etc/apt/preferences),
> it would not install the security fixes, because the security fixes
> are 2.2.
Might as well make it 2.2r666 then? I'm not going to change that
version every time a new stable pointrelease is made, they are
not that related. There simply are now versions of security, there is
just a set of packages for a Debian release (like potato).
Wichert.
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