Re: apt-get upgrade (security packages)

2013-10-15 Thread Bob Proulx
Pol Hallen wrote: > I can't everytime do updates from main repository because many packages > of this server are patched. How did you patch those? Did you rebuild the package with a local version string and your changes? Or did you simply wack the files on the disk? In any case you should defin

Re: apt-get upgrade (security packages)

2013-10-15 Thread Joe
On Tue, 15 Oct 2013 14:14:38 +0200 berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: > Le 14.10.2013 22:11, Pol Hallen a écrit : > > I can't everytime do updates from main repository because many > > packages > > of this server are patched. > > Using pinning for all of your packages is a solution, but I woul

Re: apt-get upgrade (security packages)

2013-10-15 Thread berenger . morel
Le 14.10.2013 22:11, Pol Hallen a écrit : I can't everytime do updates from main repository because many packages of this server are patched. Using pinning for all of your packages is a solution, but I would not call it the easiest one. Why not simply freezing them in aptitude/apt-*/dpkg? F

Re: apt-get upgrade (security packages)

2013-10-15 Thread Jonathan Dowland
When you patch a package locally, I'd recommend updating the package version at the same time by eg adding or incrementing an epoch (in 1:2.3-4, the epoch is the 1) This will mean your local package version will be higher than any package update to the stable repositories. Note however it woul

Re: apt-get upgrade (security packages)

2013-10-14 Thread Linux-Fan
On 10/14/2013 10:11 PM, Pol Hallen wrote: >> I think the best way to do this is using a normal Debian stable. There >> are only few updates to stable which add features which means that >> update is a security update. > > Huh? > > I use debian 7 stable, but now the upgrade show me 4 security upda

Re: apt-get upgrade (security packages)

2013-10-14 Thread Pol Hallen
> Debian point-release was issued over the weekend: Understood! Thanks Steve :-) Pol -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/525c51c0.4050...@fuckaround.o

Re: apt-get upgrade (security packages)

2013-10-14 Thread Pol Hallen
> I think the best way to do this is using a normal Debian stable. There > are only few updates to stable which add features which means that >update is a security update. Huh? I use debian 7 stable, but now the upgrade show me 4 security updates and MANY MANY updates from debian mirros (not from

Re: apt-get upgrade (security packages)

2013-10-14 Thread Linux-Fan
On 10/14/2013 09:43 PM, Pol Hallen wrote: > Howdy :-) > > I've a production server particularly patched. I prefer install only > security packages but keep others packages to same version. > > Should I've some problems if keep only: > > deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main contrib