On Tue, Jan 13, 2026 at 02:19:30AM +0000, [email protected] wrote: > Package: tor > Version: 0.4.8.16-1 > > > 0.4.8.21 seems to have landed in trixie-backports (and forky) > > So it is time to upgrade those oldstable tor routers... > > I'm using latest Debian 13.2. Isn't this the latest version?
No, it is not "the latest". That is JUST the latest Debian "Stable" point release, which may (or may not, as it seems) be what you want. E.g. Debian "Testing" is more up-to-date version of Debian (what people would call "rolling release" - with all of advantages and disadvantages of that, and then there is "Unstable" which is even more up-to-date (and more prone to breakage). People preferring to use (mostly) Stable packages, should use at least "stable" and "debian-security" repositories, but depending on their needs and risk averseness, might also be interested in one or more of the following repositories: - "stable-updates" - "stable-proposed-updates" - "stable-backports" - "stable-backports-sloppy" Only you can know your exact volatility preference; which is the reason why those repositories are separated - so you can choose combination best suiting YOUR specific case. (You can also use /etc/apt/preferences.d for APT-pinning too if you prefer more control over what should be installed from where) > https://packages.debian.org/trixie/tor still listing "0.4.8.16-1" as > last version. And https://packages.debian.org/trixie-backports/tor lists "0.4.8.21-1~bpo13+2" (or newer) as the last version, yes? If so, it is as it should be. For reasoning why Stable does NOT regularly get new versions (but only has security fixes backported to old version of the app), see e.g. https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-faq/getting-debian.en.html#updatestable The rest of the FAQ might be informative too (especially the part about choosing the distribution). > > It seems to rebuild cleanly and work on Trixie just fine (via debuild), > > so I guess it should not be that hard to push it > > How can I contribute pushing deb packages on deb.debian.org because the > steps listed in debian website are not writing things clearly. I know > how to use git or build things. Why is this so hard to update in 2026? You seem to have misunderstood something, there is no need for any of that, assuming your purpose is related to this bug report (i.e. having new version of TOR in your system). -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TL;DR: Just add "trixie-backports" to your sources.list and choose to install "tor" package specifically from there (using e.g. aptitude or "apt -t trixie-backports install tor"). After that is done once, all further updates for that package will automatically be fetched from backports for the duration of the stable release. See https://backports.debian.org/Instructions/ for details -- Opinions above are GNU-copylefted.
