On 8 April 2014 09:28, Charles Plessy <[email protected]> wrote: > Le Tue, Apr 08, 2014 at 09:02:12AM +0200, Anders Ingemann a écrit : > > > > It's hanging because I never got an answer to my question: What's the > > difference between: > > > > http://security.debian.org/ wheezy/updates ... > > and > > http://http.debian.net/ wheezy-updates ... > > ? > > Sorry for this... > > Short answer: they are different, and the ressemblance is only > coincidental. > > Each lines indicate an URL and a distribution. > > http://http.debian.net/ is a mirror of the Debian archive. The > wheezy-updates > distribution is there to together with wheezy, wheezy-backports, jessie, > sid, > etc. It contains the packages that will be part of the next point update. > This > inlcudes security updates, but not immediately after their release. > > http:/security.debian.org/ is not a section of the Debian archive, it is > an > archive on its own. If I remember correctly, the rationale for using a > separate archive is that for a quick diffusion of security updates, it was > better to avoid the lag caused by the mirroring of the regular archive. > For > wheezy, the distribution to pick is wheezy/updates. > > Both lines are really needed. > > Have a nice day, > > -- > Charles Plessy > Tsurumi, Kanagawa, Japan >
Aha! Thanks for the detailed explanation Charles. I'll merge this tonight and put it in the master branch. > Have a nice day I will ;-)
