Re: apt automatically upgrading packages in unstable

2021-10-03 Thread Nils
On Debian Sid I recommend disabling the unattended-upgrades services entirely: sudo systemctl disable --now unattended-upgrades On Friday, October 1, 2021 2:36:37 PM CEST Miguel A. Vallejo wrote: > A few days ago I noticed my debian unstable started to update packages > automatically. A quick ins

Re: apt automatically upgrading packages in unstable

2021-10-01 Thread piorunz
On 01/10/2021 15:43, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: Probably to reconfigure the unattended-upgrades functionality in apt dpkg-reconfigure unattended-upgrades should do it. IMO unattended-upgrades should be uninstalled in Sid. No reason to auto update. Everything should be checked by hand. -- With

Re: apt automatically upgrading packages in unstable

2021-10-01 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Fri, Oct 01, 2021 at 02:36:37PM +0200, Miguel A. Vallejo wrote: > A few days ago I noticed my debian unstable started to update packages > automatically. A quick inspection showed apt was updated, and also the > configuration files in /etc/apt/apt.conf.d, including a > 20auto-upgrades file with

apt automatically upgrading packages in unstable

2021-10-01 Thread Miguel A. Vallejo
A few days ago I noticed my debian unstable started to update packages automatically. A quick inspection showed apt was updated, and also the configuration files in /etc/apt/apt.conf.d, including a 20auto-upgrades file with all options enabled. Because auto update in sid is at least dangerous, wha

Re: Using "conflicts" to deal with insecure packages in unstable

2004-10-17 Thread David Clymer
On Sun, 2004-10-17 at 22:50, Marco Paganini wrote: > I've been looking for a solution for this dilemma on the net. The > closest thing I found is Debian's "harden*" packages, that use the > "Conflict:" feature to conflict with known insecure software. The > question is: Is there a similar package t

Using "conflicts" to deal with insecure packages in unstable

2004-10-17 Thread Marco Paganini
Hi All, Debian is a sysadmin's dream when dealing with security when using stable. I do, however, have a number of servers running in a mix of stable and unstable, and keeping them up-to-date with the security announcements is not so easy. When using unstable, using apt-get upgrade won't normally

Re: packages in unstable

2004-03-22 Thread Monique Y. Herman
On 2004-03-22, Matthew Joyce penned: > >> -Original Message- From: Rajesh Menon >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, 22 March 2004 1:43 PM To: >> Matthew Joyce Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: packages >> in unstable >> >> >> why not i

RE: packages in unstable

2004-03-21 Thread Matthew Joyce
> -Original Message- > From: Rajesh Menon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, 22 March 2004 1:43 PM > To: Matthew Joyce > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: packages in unstable > > > why not install the proprietary sun jdk available from the >

Re: packages in unstable

2004-03-21 Thread Rajesh Menon
why not install the proprietary sun jdk available from the sun download site? the install is quite an easy one. On Mon, 22 Mar 2004, Matthew Joyce wrote: > > I have an oportunity to use Debian for an important project, this > project requires the following app versions. > > Java 1.4.1 > Postgre

packages in unstable

2004-03-21 Thread Matthew Joyce
I have an oportunity to use Debian for an important project, this project requires the following app versions. Java 1.4.1 Postgres db 7.4 Tomcat 4.1.29 I can see that Postgres and Tomcat are in unstable, but I have not found a java package '1.4.1'. Looking at these two packages... http://packa

Re: dselect refusing to upgrade packages in unstable?

2004-02-23 Thread Henry Hollenberg
Chris wrote: On Sun, 2004-02-22 at 18:55, Henry Hollenberg wrote: Henry Hollenberg wrote: I keep getting a line from dselect about packages that will not be upgraded: 98 upgraded, 36 newly installed, 0 to remove and 71 not upgraded. I wonder, have I screwed something up? Regardless of how th

Re: dselect refusing to upgrade packages in unstable?

2004-02-22 Thread Chris
On Sun, 2004-02-22 at 18:55, Henry Hollenberg wrote: > Henry Hollenberg wrote: > > I keep getting a line from dselect about packages that will > > not be upgraded: > > > > 98 upgraded, 36 newly installed, 0 to remove and 71 not upgraded. > > > > I wonder, have I screwed something up? > > Regar

Re: dselect refusing to upgrade packages in unstable?

2004-02-22 Thread Henry Hollenberg
Henry Hollenberg wrote: I keep getting a line from dselect about packages that will not be upgraded: 98 upgraded, 36 newly installed, 0 to remove and 71 not upgraded. I wonder, have I screwed something up? Here is my "cat /etc/apt/sources.list": deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ unstable main

Re: dselect refusing to upgrade packages in unstable?

2004-02-20 Thread Clive Menzies
On (19/02/04 20:54), Henry Hollenberg wrote: > I keep getting a line from dselect about packages that will > not be upgraded: > > 98 upgraded, 36 newly installed, 0 to remove and 71 not upgraded. > > I wonder, have I screwed something up? This morning I upgraded using aptitude and experienced so

dselect refusing to upgrade packages in unstable?

2004-02-20 Thread Henry Hollenberg
I keep getting a line from dselect about packages that will not be upgraded: 98 upgraded, 36 newly installed, 0 to remove and 71 not upgraded. I wonder, have I screwed something up? Here is my "cat /etc/apt/sources.list": deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ unstable main non-free contrib deb ht

Re: are packages in unstable updated?

2003-07-17 Thread Shaul Karl
On Thu, Jul 17, 2003 at 06:43:18PM +1200, Paul William wrote: > Hi, > > Are packages in unstable updated or is unstable like woody and is only > released periodically? > Unlike woody, `unstable' gets updated frequently. You might also consider `testing', which, from

Re: are packages in unstable updated?

2003-07-17 Thread Colin Watson
On Thu, Jul 17, 2003 at 06:43:18PM +1200, Paul William wrote: > Are packages in unstable updated On a daily basis, yes. -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? C

Re: are packages in unstable updated?

2003-07-17 Thread Thomas Krennwallner
Hi! On Thu Jul 17, 2003 at 06:43:18PM +1200, Paul William wrote: > Are packages in unstable updated or is unstable like woody and is only > released periodically? See http://www.debian.org/releases/sid/ for a detailed answer. So long Thomas -- .''`. Obviously we do not want

are packages in unstable updated?

2003-07-16 Thread Paul William
Hi, Are packages in unstable updated or is unstable like woody and is only released periodically? Thanks Paul -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Outdated packages in unstable: what to do?

2001-01-06 Thread Colin Watson
dobler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I was wondering why there are some small packages that are not upgraded even >when a new release that fixes some bugs and doesn't bring any new >incompatibilities is out? > >I was thinking of xqf, qstat or mozilla for instance > >On the other hand, some very imp

Re: Outdated packages in unstable: what to do?

2001-01-05 Thread Peter S Galbraith
dobler wrote: > I was wondering why there are some small packages that are not upgraded even > when a new release that fixes some bugs If you can replicate the old bug, file a bug report and state that the new verion X.Y fixes it. > and doesn't bring an

Re: Outdated packages in unstable: what to do?

2001-01-05 Thread Carl Fink
On Fri, Jan 05, 2001 at 06:45:45PM +0100, dobler wrote: > I was wondering why there are some small packages that are not upgraded even > when a new release that fixes some bugs and doesn't bring any new > incompatibilities is out? > > I was thinking of xqf, qstat or mozilla for instance Well, s

Outdated packages in unstable: what to do?

2001-01-05 Thread dobler
Hi there I was wondering why there are some small packages that are not upgraded even when a new release that fixes some bugs and doesn't bring any new incompatibilities is out? I was thinking of xqf, qstat or mozilla for instance On the other hand, some very important packages that are likely

Re: Malformed packages in unstable

2000-02-08 Thread Mirek Kwasniak
On Tue, Feb 08, 2000 at 03:11:05AM -0500, Harlan Crystal wrote: > I was trying to find out where to report this, but I couldn't.. > > Xshipwars reports that it cannot be installed because of dependancy > problems. Hi, apt-get -d install xshipwars Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency

Malformed packages in unstable

2000-02-08 Thread Harlan Crystal
I was trying to find out where to report this, but I couldn't.. Xshipwars reports that it cannot be installed because of dependancy problems. - Harlan PS - Where is the appropriate place to report this, so I know next time?

Conflict between hostname, and nis packages in unstable?

1999-11-04 Thread Stan Brown
I am trying to install a new machien using unstable. I choose the nis package in dselect, but the install script for it complains that it wants to remove a file used by the hostname package. I thought I would just dlete the hostname package, since I do have NIS

Re: Question about new 'g' packages in unstable

1997-10-16 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
On Wed, Oct 15, 1997 at 10:22:33AM -0400, Scott Ellis wrote: > On Wed, 15 Oct 1997 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > You have to *upgrade* xlib6 before installing xlib6g (which conflicts only > > to older versions of xlib6. I hope you know that you are going to use the > > hamm system, which is somew

Re: Question about new 'g' packages in unstable

1997-10-15 Thread Scott Ellis
On Wed, 15 Oct 1997 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > You have to *upgrade* xlib6 before installing xlib6g (which conflicts only > to older versions of xlib6. I hope you know that you are going to use the > hamm system, which is somewhat unstable (because of the change from libc5 > to libc6. xlib6 is lib

Re: Question about new 'g' packages in unstable

1997-10-15 Thread Marcus . Brinkmann
Hello! You have to *upgrade* xlib6 before installing xlib6g (which conflicts only to older versions of xlib6. I hope you know that you are going to use the hamm system, which is somewhat unstable (because of the change from libc5 to libc6. xlib6 is libc5, and xlib6g is libc6, and they are not kom

Question about new 'g' packages in unstable

1997-10-15 Thread Adam Shand
Hi. I'm trying to install the new version of Scotty because I want tkined but it requires tk8.0 which depends on one of the new 'g' packages which seem to be appearing in unstable... in this case xlib6g. Now I just tried to install these new xlib6g packages and hosed my system because xlib6g co