Hmmm... Good point. The default .deb that contains /etc/apt/sources.list in the next version of releases should probably come with the line added for the security.debian.org stuff.
Actually, I just checked my potato system and it appears that there's already a line in that sources.list file for the security server, but I don't remember if I put it in there or if it was there originally. Perhaps someone with a potato that they know they haven't modified could confirm whether or not this is standard in potato? On Fri, 30 Jul 1999, Thomas Keusch wrote: > On Fri, Jul 30, 1999 at 10:57:11AM -0600, Nathan Duehr wrote: > > > No, security.debian.org is a relatively new thing and probably isn't as > > documented as it should be. It's not the same as proposed-updates. > > Oh. OK. > > > I don't understand the question about sources.list -- if you mean is there > > a list of mirrors, it's on the Debian website. > > No, essentially I was thinking about a sample sources.list which already > contained stuff like security.debian.org, not only the bare bones example > that comes with apt -- how many newbies will take months to notice that > there is a simple possibility to automate (more or less) security fixes via > apt, because they first need to find out about security.debian.org and then > to have the idea of creating an apt-line for it? > > > > > deb http://security.debian.org/ stable updates > > > > > > Is this the same as proposed-updates/ ? > > > > > > Is there a more complete sources.list then the default one on > > > www.debian.org? > > > > > > I learned about the line Nate mentioned just now and wonder how many > > > people > > > miss important stuff like that. > > -- > > thomas. .powered.by.debian/linux. > .served.by.FreeBSD. > > +-----------------------------------+--------------------------------+ | Nate Duehr - [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Support Amateur Radio & Linux! | | Private Pilot, Telephony Engineer | Ham Callsign: N0NTZ | | UNIX Hack, Perl Hack, Tech-Freak | Grid Square: DM79 | | | "May the Source be with you." | +-----------------------------------+--------------------------------+ | HamRadio and Linux mailing lists available for interested parties: | | http://www.natetech.com/mailman/listinfo | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+
