Re: applying _only_ security updates

2001-04-19 Thread Rob Mahurin
On Thu, Apr 19, 2001 at 03:32:20PM +1000, Price, Tim wrote: > Regardless, > > Is it possible to do? > > I ask because I am running a potato system with many packages from woody, > and some security packages take longer to get into testing then they do to > get into stable. I've heard that the mo

Re: applying _only_ security updates

2001-04-19 Thread Ethan Benson
On Thu, Apr 19, 2001 at 03:32:20PM +1000, Price, Tim wrote: > Regardless, > > Is it possible to do? > > I ask because I am running a potato system with many packages from woody, > and some security packages take longer to get into testing then they do to > get into stable. in this context probab

RE: applying _only_ security updates

2001-04-19 Thread Price, Tim
> Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2001 2:10 PM > To: debian-user > Subject: Re: applying _only_ security updates > > On Wed, Apr 18, 2001 at 07:47:30PM -0500, DvB wrote: > > is there a way to get apt-get to install only packages from > > security.debian.org? This withou

Re: applying _only_ security updates

2001-04-18 Thread Ethan Benson
On Wed, Apr 18, 2001 at 11:25:57PM -0500, DvB wrote: > So, in other words, it's better to just update from stable every now and > then...? yup, once a week is a good idea unless you subscribe to debian-security-annouce (which is better). -- Ethan Benson http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/ pgpx

Re: applying _only_ security updates

2001-04-18 Thread DvB
So, in other words, it's better to just update from stable every now and then...? Ethan Benson wrote: On Wed, Apr 18, 2001 at 07:47:30PM -0500, DvB wrote: is there a way to get apt-get to install only packages from security.debian.org? This without removing all other entries from /etc/apt/s

Re: applying _only_ security updates

2001-04-18 Thread Ethan Benson
On Wed, Apr 18, 2001 at 07:47:30PM -0500, DvB wrote: > is there a way to get apt-get to install only packages from > security.debian.org? This without removing all other entries from > /etc/apt/sources.list and running at apt-get update. thats a poor idea, since security updates are removed from

Re: applying _only_ security updates

2001-04-18 Thread Noah L. Meyerhans
On Wed, Apr 18, 2001 at 07:47:30PM -0500, DvB wrote: > is there a way to get apt-get to install only packages from > security.debian.org? This without removing all other entries from > /etc/apt/sources.list and running at apt-get update. Just comment out the non security related sources. The pa

applying _only_ security updates

2001-04-18 Thread DvB
is there a way to get apt-get to install only packages from security.debian.org? This without removing all other entries from /etc/apt/sources.list and running at apt-get update.