here's the sources.list file

On Sun, Oct 4, 2015 at 5:59 PM, Himanshu Shekhar <irm2015...@iiita.ac.in>
wrote:

> Yup! got it. I attached my sources.list file in the very first message of
> the thread. I would like to have suggestions on the same.
> Also, I have installed few packages from tarballs, as my realtek r8101
> ethernet driver, skype.
> That's all!
>
> On Sun, Oct 4, 2015 at 5:14 PM, Lisi Reisz <lisi.re...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On Sunday 04 October 2015 11:39:55 Himanshu Shekhar wrote:
>> > thanks dude ! i upgraded my driver. But can you tell why some packages
>> > break after updating to newer version and still debian stable version is
>> > named so.
>> > infact after updating java.. libreoffice4 failed and i had to install
>> > libreoffice5 from jessie backports.
>> > Is this normal or and issue?
>> > Thanks for the help!
>>
>> There is not enough detail here, but it is probably something to do with
>> the
>> fact that you have jessie backports in your sources list.  If you stick to
>> Jessie, and only Jessie, things won't break after updating to a newer
>> version.  In fact, things normally won't update to a newer version.
>> Basically, Stabel only gets security updates.
>>
>> I personally have never had a problem with backports, but you don't say
>> how
>> you are using backpprts or how you have got them pinned.  And have you any
>> packages installed from tarballs, or otherwise not in Debian's repos?
>>
>> You might want to sort out your security repos.
>>
>> Lisi
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> Himanshu Shekhar
> IIIT-Allahabad
> IRM2015006
>



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Himanshu Shekhar
IIIT-Allahabad
IRM2015006

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