HenSiong Tan wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I was wondering if someone could provide any information
> ("safe" etc) regarding using "dselect" or "apt" to update
> security patches/packages.
>
> For example in a recent announcement, there is a patch
>
> netstd_3.07-2hamm.1_i386.deb
>
> under the directory /debian/dists/proposed-updates. Now
> since I have often used dselect to update my "slink" box
> (and very occassionally apt---I have not learn to make it
> show me what are needed to update my machine ... if that
> is possible), the above nomenclature is "new" to me ... I
> am a normal user. Would this be a problem with dselect?
> Would you recommend pointing dselect to dists/proposed-updates?
I'd prefer to fetch the file via ftp or wget and install it
manually using dpkg -i. However, since a Packages file is
created in that very directory you can point dselect to it.
Regards,
Joey
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