On 11/23/22, 谢 运生 <c0ldz...@outlook.com> wrote: > Dear Debian, > > I have a question about stabilizing the warehouse: > > https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-handbook/apt.zh-cn.html#sect.apt-sources.list.stable > > Four bullseye are mentioned in this link, Would it make any difference if > only bullseye and bullsey-updates were added to /etc/apt/sources.list and he > added all four bullseys to /etc/apt/sources.list at the same time? > > Please give me some of your professional advice.
Hi.. This is my second attempt to help answer, LOL. After looking at your link there AND if I'm understanding your question correctly, you want to have at least 3 lines that include debian-security, too. I didn't know nor do that for many years. It came up here on Debian-User one day. Some number of security updates do NOT upgrade if that's not in your sources.list. I experienced that firsthand as a fact but could never figure out why until someone asked on this list (Thank you!).. The debian-backports one is for situations where your favorite package is not included in the others but can be found there after you've researched availability. I happen to use the debian-backports one after finally understanding its concept. At some point, I installed something from there so it was a necessary inclusion to stay up-to-date. These days I just keep it in the lineup to always remember that it's an option. :) The "Debian mirror" references is a nice reminder that you can reference other repositories in addition to those housed at debian(dot)org. You can addend those mirrors to that same single sources.list file, or you can research how to add additional files under sources.list.d. That dot D directory is a handy trick that taught me the purpose of other similar directories found throughout our systems if we're using the systemd setup. These two links share mirror examples. The second one is getting a mention because it takes another step up and explicitly states useful specifics e.g. ibiblio: https://www.debian.org/mirror/list https://people.debian.org/~koster/www/mirror/list It doesn't hurt to have those in mind in case a favored first choice repository happens to be down when a user is in a hurry to update for whatever reason. As an aside, that "bullseye-proposed-updates" looks interesting. Never saw that before. Will be checking it out. Thank you! Cindy :) -- Talking Rock, Pickens County, Georgia, USA * runs with birdseed *
