Apt configuration - As Stable As Possible

Hi all, I am trying to configure Apt to follow a "stable where we can, unstable where we must" logic. On the "Stable+Backports - Testing - Unstable - Experimental" stencil, I would like to - install left-to-right (the stablest version available), - upgrade right-to-left (the stablest newer

Re: What use can i give to linux?

On 4/6/24 16:30, Roy J. Tellason, Sr. wrote: On Saturday 06 April 2024 11:05:52 am Curt wrote: On 2024-04-05, John Hasler wrote: Desktop Linux is widely used in physics and mathematics. NASA uses Linux extensively, including on Mars and on the ISS. SpaceX uses Linux on their rockets and

LTS bulleye ou bookworm

je ne comprends pas comment la 11 peut etre disponible alors qu'elle est prevu pour le 15 aout et la 12 pour 2026. Que dois-je choisir - en lts - ? merci.

Re: Old control sums for packages.

Hello KJ, there is the snapshot archive at https://snapshot.debian.org/ - You can get older Packages files from there. I don't know if you mean the links like `Packages.gz -> by-hash/SHA256/c039245acc063d9b42cade368a874bf5e0ee3025a7bb2634f3f3bc601f15bb89` or the actual contents of Packages:

Re: LTS bulleye ou bookworm

Bonjour, Le samedi 06 avril 2024 à 10:10 +0200, jc gucci a écrit : > je ne comprends pas comment la 11 peut etre disponible alors qu'elle est > prevu pour le 15 aout et la 12 pour 2026. > Que dois-je choisir - en lts - ? > merci. À la différence de certaines distribution Linux, Toutes les versions

Re: Dependencies between components.

Hi, I have not found a mistake in your considerations about "sane" component inter-dependency. However, package dependencies are declared upon a package with a suitable version, whether this package can be set-up on a bespoke target system remains to be determined by APT when the package is

Re: LTS bulleye ou bookworm

On 4/6/24 10:10, jc gucci wrote: je ne comprends pas comment la 11 peut etre disponible alors qu'elle est prevu pour le 15 aout et la 12 pour 2026. Que dois-je choisir - en lts - ? Ça dépend principalement de l'usage et de la machine. S'agit-il de choisir une distribution sur un serveur

Re: Old control sums for packages.

Simon Hollenbach writes: > Hello KJ, > > there is the snapshot archive at https://snapshot.debian.org/ - You > can get older Packages files from there. Thanks. I was not aware of this service. KJ -- http://stopstopnop.pl/stop_stopnop.pl_o_nas.html

Re: LTS bulleye ou bookworm

Pour la version stable les depots backport fournissent les versions récentes des logiciels "utilisateur". Gaëtan Le 6 avril 2024 10:58:06 GMT+02:00, Jean-Pierre Giraud a écrit : >Bonjour, >Le samedi 06 avril 2024 à 10:10 +0200, jc gucci a écrit : >> je ne comprends pas comment la 11 peut

Re: NextGov: Linux XZ Utils Backdoor Was Long Con, Possibly With Support

On 4/6/24 09:15, Thomas Schmitt wrote: Hi, Nicholas Geovanis wrote: But what if next time the back-doored software _does_ build without error? The initial build problems did not cause suspicion. It was the CPU load of sshd and an obscure complaint by valgrind which caused the discovery.

Re: What use can i give to linux?

On 2024-04-05, John Hasler wrote: > Desktop Linux is widely used in physics and mathematics. NASA uses > Linux extensively, including on Mars and on the ISS. SpaceX uses Linux > on their rockets and spacecraft. Over 90% of the top 1 million Web > servers run Linux, including Yahoo, X, and

Re: What use can i give to linux?

On 4/6/24 11:07, Curt wrote: On 2024-04-05, John Hasler wrote: Desktop Linux is widely used in physics and mathematics. NASA uses Linux extensively, including on Mars and on the ISS. SpaceX uses Linux on their rockets and spacecraft. Over 90% of the top 1 million Web servers run Linux,

Re: NextGov: Linux XZ Utils Backdoor Was Long Con, Possibly With Support

Hi, Nicholas Geovanis wrote: > But what if next time the back-doored software _does_ build without error? The initial build problems did not cause suspicion. It was the CPU load of sshd and an obscure complaint by valgrind which caused the discovery.

Re: What use can i give to linux?

On Saturday 06 April 2024 11:05:52 am Curt wrote: > On 2024-04-05, John Hasler wrote: > > Desktop Linux is widely used in physics and mathematics. NASA uses > > Linux extensively, including on Mars and on the ISS. SpaceX uses Linux > > on their rockets and spacecraft. Over 90% of the top 1

Re: LTS bulleye ou bookworm

Le 06/04/2024 à 10:10, jc gucci a écrit : je ne comprends pas comment la 11 peut etre disponible alors qu'elle est prevu pour le 15 aout et la 12 pour 2026. Que dois-je choisir - en lts - ? merci. Tu t'es trompé de date ;-) la 12 est sortie en juin 2023 et la 11 deux ans avant (aout

Re: What use can i give to linux?

On 2024-04-06, gene heskett wrote: > On 4/6/24 11:07, Curt wrote: >> On 2024-04-05, John Hasler wrote: >>> Desktop Linux is widely used in physics and mathematics. NASA uses >>> Linux extensively, including on Mars and on the ISS. SpaceX uses Linux >>> on their rockets and spacecraft. Over

Re: Dependencies between components.

On Sat, 6 Apr 2024, Simon Hollenbach wrote: Hi, I have not found a mistake in your considerations about "sane" component inter-dependency. However, package dependencies are declared upon a package with a suitable version, whether this package can be set-up on a bespoke target system remains

Am I missing a trick somewhere? lxc-usernsexec and squashfs

Hi, I use lxc-usernsexec to simulate root (and other users) for a non-root user. lxc-usernsexec -m b:0:10:65536 That then chroots into an overlayfs mounted using fuse. The lowerdir is a mounted squashfs, the upperdir is a regular directory. squashfuse rootimg.sqfs lower fuse-overlayfs -o