Debian's Website Updated & Debian 6.0 Released

jefro · 02-06-2011, 02:00 PM

Real ZFS.

Real Unix.

Peufelon · 02-06-2011, 05:12 PM

Ditto eveningsky339, jlinkels.

Wish I could do more to help, but at least I can express my gratitude!

evo2 · 02-06-2011, 11:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by odiseo77

Good to know! Although as a Sid user, this doesn't make much difference to me

As a Sid user it makes a difference to me: Sid will become a somewhat less "stable" again as lots of new packages that were being held back for the freeze enter the repo.

Cheers,

Evo2.

TobiSGD · 02-07-2011, 05:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by evo2

As a Sid user it makes a difference to me: Sid will become a somewhat less "stable" again as lots of new packages that were being held back for the freeze enter the repo.

Cheers,

Evo2.

Totally, yesterday it wanted to remove my X during upgrade. Better have an eye on things like that.

lugoteehalt · 02-07-2011, 05:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by snowpine

Code:

cat /etc/apt/sources.list

If your software sources say "squeeze" then you now have stable. If they say "testing" you now have Wheezy.

My sources.list:

Code:

deb http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ squeeze main contrib non-free
deb-src http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ squeeze main contrib non-free

deb http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ squeeze main
deb-src http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ squeeze main

deb http://security.debian.org/ squeeze/updates main
deb-src http://security.debian.org/ squeeze/updates main

Thanks, so I've got stable.

cynwulf · 02-07-2011, 06:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lugoteehalt

My sources.list:

Code:

deb http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ squeeze main contrib non-free
deb-src http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ squeeze main contrib non-free

deb http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ squeeze main
deb-src http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ squeeze main

deb http://security.debian.org/ squeeze/updates main
deb-src http://security.debian.org/ squeeze/updates main

Thanks, so I've got stable.

You have some unnecessary duplicate repos listed. If you want all of the contrib and non-free repos enabled on an otherwise stable release you only need this:

Code:

deb http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ squeeze main contrib non-free
deb-src http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ squeeze main contrib non-free

deb http://security.debian.org/ squeeze/updates main contrib non-free
deb-src http://security.debian.org/ squeeze/updates main contrib non-free

If you want purely free software:

Code:

deb http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ squeeze main
deb-src http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ squeeze main

deb http://security.debian.org/ squeeze/updates main
deb-src http://security.debian.org/ squeeze/updates main

rsciw · 02-07-2011, 06:42 AM

When will Testing 'officially' be 7.0/wheezy?
ran a dist-upgrade, sources.list look for 'testing' repos, not squeeze/wheezy etc., yet /etc/debian_version remains at 6.0 and lsb_release says Codename: squeeze still.

cynwulf · 02-07-2011, 07:07 AM

That's pretty normal for a start. It is called wheezy though:

http://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/w...n/binary-i386/

It won't be called "7.0" for quite a long time, not until around the time of the next freeze (i.e. 2 years).

lugoteehalt · 02-07-2011, 07:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Caravel

You have some unnecessary duplicate repos listed. If you want all of the contrib and non-free repos enabled on an otherwise stable release you only need this:

Code:

deb http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ squeeze main contrib non-free
deb-src http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ squeeze main contrib non-free

deb http://security.debian.org/ squeeze/updates main contrib non-free
deb-src http://security.debian.org/ squeeze/updates main contrib non-free

If you want purely free software:

Code:

deb http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ squeeze main
deb-src http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ squeeze main

deb http://security.debian.org/ squeeze/updates main
deb-src http://security.debian.org/ squeeze/updates main

Thanks, didn't realise that. So '.... main' is a subset of '.... contrib non-free'.

TobiSGD · 02-07-2011, 08:29 AM

If you don't want to develop software or build software from source you also can comment out the deb-src-entries, that will make the update of the database faster.
To comment them out, just put a #-sign in front of them.

lugoteehalt · 02-07-2011, 09:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TobiSGD

If you don't want to develop software or build software from source you also can comment out the deb-src-entries, that will make the update of the database faster.
To comment them out, just put a #-sign in front of them.

Thanks. But can't help feeling slightly hurt: I worked out the # some time ago.

While we are going down this line: Normally, when I build from source, I download the source from the program's web page. But can get it using apt-get?? Any advantages using this route??

jens · 02-07-2011, 04:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lugoteehalt

While we are going down this line: Normally, when I build from source, I download the source from the program's web page. But can get it using apt-get?? Any advantages using this route??

They're already "debianized" and archived. It allows you to use the many debian tools (making life easier and more secure).
This blog post from Raphaël Hertzog should give you a rough idea:
http://raphaelhertzog.com/2010/12/15...bian-packages/

lugoteehalt · 02-08-2011, 04:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jens

They're already "debianized" and archived. It allows you to use the many debian tools (making life easier and more secure).
This blog post from Raphaël Hertzog should give you a rough idea:
http://raphaelhertzog.com/2010/12/15...bian-packages/

Thanks that's enormously helpful. I'll try it.