Re: Security updates for hold package

2014-05-18 Thread Theodore Alcapotaxis
- Original Message - From: Andrei POPESCU Sent: 05/17/14 05:06 PM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Security updates for hold package You haven't yet stated why you need the backports kernel, but if you want to keep using it install the backports meta-package. I HAD

Re: Security updates for hold package

2014-05-17 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Jo, 15 mai 14, 19:35:40, Theodore Alcapotaxis wrote: - Original Message - From: Andrei POPESCU Sent: 05/15/14 04:50 AM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Security updates for hold package Assumptions: 1. You did not change the default priority

Re: Security updates for hold package

2014-05-15 Thread Theodore Alcapotaxis
- Original Message - From: Andrei POPESCU Sent: 05/15/14 04:50 AM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Security updates for hold package Assumptions: 1. You did not change the default priority for backports How does one change default priority for backports? What

Security updates for hold package

2014-05-14 Thread Frank
Hi, can anybody explain to me what exactly happens if I place a package on hold? I have an application which unfortunately requires an older php version. If I now mark the package hold does this mean no major upgrade will be performed for this package or do I prevent security updates as well, with

Re: Security updates for hold package

2014-05-14 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Mi, 14 mai 14, 11:00:30, Frank wrote: Hi, can anybody explain to me what exactly happens if I place a package on hold? I have an application which unfortunately requires an older php version. If I now mark the package hold does this mean no major upgrade will be performed for this package

Re: Security updates for hold package

2014-05-14 Thread Marko Randjelovic
On Wed, 14 May 2014 11:00:30 +0200 Frank fr...@dead-link.org wrote: Hi, can anybody explain to me what exactly happens if I place a package on hold? I have an application which unfortunately requires an older php version. If I now mark the package hold does this mean no major upgrade will be

Re: Security updates for hold package

2014-05-14 Thread Frank
On 05/14/2014 11:35 AM, Andrei POPESCU wrote: APT does not differentiate between major or security or whatever upgrade, just about version numbers. However, if you're on stable (or oldstable) there will be no major upgrades (whether you want them or not) unless you point your sources to

Re: Security updates for hold package

2014-05-14 Thread Marko Randjelovic
On Wed, 14 May 2014 11:40:04 +0200 Frank fr...@dead-link.org wrote: On 05/14/2014 11:35 AM, Andrei POPESCU wrote: APT does not differentiate between major or security or whatever upgrade, just about version numbers. However, if you're on stable (or oldstable) there will be no major

Re: Security updates for hold package

2014-05-14 Thread Frank
On 05/14/2014 11:53 AM, Marko Randjelovic wrote: Pin php packages to a=oldstable, 500 Pin-Priority 990. But to receive security support for squeeze past this month, you have to include squeeze-lts repo. Excellent, thanks! Cheers Frank -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Re: Security updates for hold package

2014-05-14 Thread Curt
On 2014-05-14, Marko Randjelovic marko...@eunet.rs wrote: Pin php packages to a=oldstable, 500 Pin-Priority 990. But to receive security support for squeeze past this month, you have to include squeeze-lts repo. There is a specific squeeze-lts repository? If so, what should be put in

Re: Security updates for hold package

2014-05-14 Thread Marko Randjelovic
On Wed, 14 May 2014 14:16:37 + (UTC) Curt cu...@free.fr wrote: On 2014-05-14, Marko Randjelovic marko...@eunet.rs wrote: Pin php packages to a=oldstable, 500 Pin-Priority 990. But to receive security support for squeeze past this month, you have to include squeeze-lts repo.

Re: Security updates for hold package

2014-05-14 Thread Curt
On 2014-05-14, Marko Randjelovic marko...@eunet.rs wrote: There is a specific squeeze-lts repository? If so, what should be put in /etc/apt/sources.list to benefit from the long term support? https://wiki.debian.org/LTS/Development Thank you; I did search* but, contrary to the biblical

Re: Security updates for hold package

2014-05-14 Thread Theodore Alcapotaxis
What happens if I am using Debian current stable but my linux-image is 3.12 (wheezy-backports)? - Original Message - From: Andrei POPESCU Sent: 05/14/14 05:35 PM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Security updates for hold package However, if you're on stable

Re: Security updates for hold package

2014-05-14 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Mi, 14 mai 14, 15:59:08, Theodore Alcapotaxis wrote: I wrote: However, if you're on stable (or oldstable) there will be no major upgrades (whether you want them or not) unless you point your sources to the next release. What happens if I am using Debian current stable but my