Parrot and Kali both have their own support lists. Kali, in particular, use a modified Debian testing as the basis of their rolling release but modify kernels and other packages. In general, people would suggest not mixing Debian stable and Debian testing. Using packages from another Debian-derived distribution risks creating a "FrankenDebian" that you can't control and can't readily fix without removing significant numbers of packages: this also applies to Ubuntu and, especially, Ubuntu PPAs mixed with Debian.
All the very best Andy C https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwiczpvn0-DrAhWTA2MBHUrsDXwQFjAAegQIARAB&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwiki.debian.org%2FDontBreakDebian&usg=AOvVaw2uYNQvEqW0ju-bH_QNSw08 On Fri, Sep 11, 2020 at 5:35 AM Andy Smith <a...@strugglers.net> wrote: > Hi Richard, > > Your question is one of user support but you've sent it to the > debian-project list, which is about the Debian project itself and > not for asking user questions. So, I have directed replies to the > correct place which is debian-user. > > On Thu, Sep 10, 2020 at 04:14:35PM -0400, richard loomis wrote: > > I have a question using debian 10 i noticed ive upgraded till theres no > > more using testing, > > Use "testing" is probably for advanced users, but the question you > ask below about mixing in things that aren't Debian suggests you are > maybe not that familiar with Debian. Be careful! > > > when i add parrot os repos and kali linux repos theres tons of > > upgrades knowing there using testing also, Is it safe to upgrade > > debian 10 with there repos? > > No. You should not mix in things that aren't Debian into Debian > without knowing exactly what you are doing. None of those things > (Parrot, Kali) are designed to be installed on a Debian system. You > will very likely break your entire system doing this. It may even > appear to work for a while, but will break later in mysterious ways. > > See https://wiki.debian.org/DontBreakDebian for more details. > > In general, upgrading to newer versions of packages for no reason > other than that they exist is not a good practice. You should have a > reason for wanting a newer package than what exists in Debian > testing. I recommend that if you do have such a need for specific > newer packages, you install them individually from upstream > following upstream's instructions. > > Cheers, > Andy > >
