On Fri, 19 Sep 2003, Chad M Stewart wrote: > > I'm tired of the stale nature of stable. Last weekend I upgraded to > testing. I'm wondering what is the recommended method of dealing with > security updates for testing? > > Should I downgrade and only upgrade the few packages that I want newer > versions of, like mailman, spamassassin, and bind.
Like someone else already told you, you might choose to go back to woody and use the backports a lot of people graciously make available. Another possibility is to build them yourself. To illustrate one such recent update I'll show you what you need to do to get the latest ssh on your testing box. 1) Add these to your /etc/apt/sources.list: deb-src http://http.us.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib non-free deb-src http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US unstable/non-US main contrib non-free 2) Update your current list of packages: apt-get update 3) Get the source: apt-get source ssh 4) Enter the directory where your new source is unpacked: cd ./openssh-3.6.1p2 5) Review the README and changelog: less ./debian/README.Debian less ./debian/changelog 6) Verify all the dependencies are statisfied: apt-get build-deb ssh Decide if you want to continue, after reading the output [1] 7) Build a .deb file from the source: dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -uc -b [2] 8) Go up one directory to where the resulting deb is placed: cd .. 9) Install your freshly made package: dpkg -i ssh_3.6.1p2-9_i386.deb 10) See for yourself what dpkg has to show: dpkg -l ssh Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed |/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ||/ Name Version Description +++-==============-==============-============================================ ii ssh 3.6.1p2-9 Secure rlogin/rsh/rcp replacement (OpenSSH) 11) Get a beer and drink on the health of the maintainers making all this possible in the knowledge you're safe from another bug [1] In this case a lot of kde-packages will be listed as candidates for removal (at least that's what happened here), you need to decide for yourself where your priorities are. [2] You might need to install fakeroot to make this work. HTH Grx HdV -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
