On Thu, Feb 01, 2001 at 07:36:39PM +0000, Robert Lazzurs wrote: > On Thu, 1 Feb 2001, Tal Danzig wrote: > > > On Wed, Jan 31, 2001 at 02:32:50PM +0100, Niklas H?glund (ETX) wrote: > > > Hi! > > > I'm running woody, should have > > > "deb http://security.debian.org potato/updates ..." > > > in my sources.list, as there is no > > > "deb http://security.debian.org woody/updates ..." > > > ? > > > > Security updates are available only for stable releases of Debian. > > These updates generaly make their way into unstable around the same time > > as the security update is released, and should then filter their way into > > testing. > > > > - Tal > > Yea, but should this not be something that is put through straight away, > should security update really have to wait with the rest of the packages?
I believe that these packages can be expidited by setting the priority of the update to critical. I'm not 100% sure of the details. Still, AFIK, if package conflicts are created or the package doesn't build on all released arch's then it still won't make it into testing. - Tal > > Take care - Rab -- ---------------------------------- -------------------------- | Tal Danzig | Libranet Linux | | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | The TOP Desktop! | | http://tal.thepenismightier.net/ | http://www.libranet.com/ | ---------------------------------- -------------------------- Beneath the rule of men entirely great, the pen is mightier than the sword. -- Edward G Bulwer
