On 23/05/2015, Bob Proulx <b...@proulx.com> wrote: > Bret Busby wrote: >> ... so, upon checking (using Synaptic) the tzdata package(s), and >> finding they needed updating, apparently without depending on the >> kernel update(s), I have now updated the tzdata packages. There are >> tzdata and tzdata-java, both of which had updates available. > > The tzdata package is updated through the stable-updates section, not > to be confused with the security stable/updates section. They are > similarly named but different update channels. The stable-updates > path is the one time named "volatile" section for those that remember > it. It is for updates that by their nature must update more often > than the Debian Stable release and point release cycle. > > Packages such as tzdata are updated when governments change the > timezones. This happens outside of distribution release cycles. > > For Debian Stable Jessie 8 the following shows all three sets of > sources that one should have in their sources.list in order to get all > of the updates they should be getting.[*] This is the main archive > where most packages exist, the updates source for packages such as > tzdata, and the security source for security upgrades. > > deb http://httpredir.debian.org/debian jessie main > deb-src http://httpredir.debian.org/debian jessie main > > deb http://httpredir.debian.org/debian jessie-updates main > deb-src http://httpredir.debian.org/debian jessie-updates main > > deb http://security.debian.org/ jessie/updates main > deb-src http://security.debian.org/ jessie/updates main >
And, with Debian 6 LTS, in /etc/apt/sources.list, I have, apart from the commented out lines, " deb http://http.debian.net/debian/ squeeze main contrib non-free deb-src http://http.debian.net/debian/ squeeze main contrib non-free deb http://http.debian.net/debian squeeze-lts main contrib non-free deb-src http://http.debian.net/debian squeeze-lts main contrib non-free " -- Bret Busby Armadale West Australia .............. "So once you do know what the question actually is, you'll know what the answer means." - Deep Thought, Chapter 28 of Book 1 of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: A Trilogy In Four Parts", written by Douglas Adams, published by Pan Books, 1992 .................................................... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/CACX6j8M7aGJG61sbjxqmMJG845+7gnE=kaaqxwchi4s9huu...@mail.gmail.com
