"A bug has been discovered in the 3.1r0 CD/DVD images: new installs from these images will have a commented-out entry in/etc/apt/sources.list for "http://security.debian.org/ testing/updates" rather than an active entry for "http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates", and thus will not get security updates by default. This was due to incorrect Release files on the images.
If you have already installed a system using a 3.1r0 CD/DVD image, you do not need to reinstall. Instead, simply edit/etc/apt/sources.list, look for any lines mentioning security.debian.org, change "testing" to "stable", and remove "# " from the start of the line.
If you installed other than from a CD or DVD (for example, netboot, or booting from floppy and installing the base system from the network), you are not affected by this bug.
New 3.1r0a images will be available shortly to correct this flaw. We apologise for the inconvenience."
debsigs is not (as I assumed) the key list, which is in fact available from the Debian site as a tarball), but a tool for signing packages.
I think you meant debian-keyring:
paul@kippax:~$ apt-cache show debian-keyring Package: debian-keyring Version: 2001.09.22 Priority: optional Section: non-US Maintainer: James Troup <keyring-maint@debian.org> Recommends: gnupg (>= 1.0.3) Architecture: all Filename: dists/woody/non-US/main/binary-i386/debian-keyring _2001.09.22.deb Size: 2271766 MD5sum: 4404d50f628ed2539d94d871a4def50c Description: GnuPG (and obsolete PGP) keys of Debian Developers The Debian project wants developers to digitally sign the
announcements of their packages with GnuPG, to protect against
forgeries. This package contains keyrings of GnuPG and (deprecated)
PGP keys of developers. installed-size: 2632
On Microsoft Windows platforms, the Java Web Start Product is installed silently during the installation of the Java 2 SDK and JRE. Look for a Java Web Start icon on your desktop. There will also be an entry for Java Web Start in the Start --> Programs menu.
On Solaris and Linux platforms, the installation script for the Java Web Start product is contained within a zip file that is located in the jre directory of the Java 2 SDK (or in the top level of the JRE). Move the zip file to a location where you would like to install the Java Web Start product. We recommend that this location be outside the Java 2 SDK or JRE directory structure. Unzip the file and run the install.sh script to install the Java Web Start product.
I've just checked the bug database for bugs posted against apt, and have found one for exactly this bug/feature:
Bug #40181. The bug was filed in June 1999, the developer asked the submitted of the wishlist bug if we could define a set of rules as to when apt sohuld print a list of suggested packages, whether it should check the currently installed base, et cetera.
So why not ask for this on one of the developer lists, or implement this and send the maintainer a patch? You could have apt spit out a list of suggested packages, or create a new target like dselect-install or equivalent.
Having said that, why don't I? I would love this functionality. Hmm, I think I'll be doing an apt-get source apt when I get home tonight.;)
Don't get me wrong, I do like the site, but they make a lot of the fact that they follow all known standards, but a quick look at http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http://www.open. gov.uk shows that their front page throws up 10 errors - all because they have not even checked it against a validator. Had they checked it, they would have realised that they have neglected to put an explanation mark in their DOCTYPE declaration at the top of the page (they have used <DOCTYPE... instead of <!DOCTYPE...). It is a basic error, and one which certainly should have been noticed during their testing stage.
Paul.
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Then again fixing Windows is a pretty daunting task for a million open-source developers
In related news, Sun have recently released the source code to StarOffice/OpenOffice.
"According to Sun, this release of 9 million lines of code under GPL is the beginning of the largest open source software project ever."
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I think you meant debian-keyring:
I wish you would have made some of those URI's links. It's good web design.
Larkfellow wrote:
From the Java Web Start guide:
Okay, I know I'm replying to myself, but...
I've just checked the bug database for bugs posted against apt, and have found one for exactly this bug/feature:
Bug #40181. The bug was filed in June 1999, the developer asked the submitted of the wishlist bug if we could define a set of rules as to when apt sohuld print a list of suggested packages, whether it should check the currently installed base, et cetera.
So why not ask for this on one of the developer lists, or implement this and send the maintainer a patch? You could have apt spit out a list of suggested packages, or create a new target like dselect-install or equivalent.
Having said that, why don't I? I would love this functionality. Hmm, I think I'll be doing an apt-get source apt when I get home tonight. ;)
Use the above command to tell apt to try installing the suggested and recommended packages instead of just the required ones (a la dselect).
Paul
Don't get me wrong, I do like the site, but they make a lot of the fact that they follow all known standards, but a quick look at http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http://www.open. gov.uk shows that their front page throws up 10 errors - all because they have not even checked it against a validator. Had they checked it, they would have realised that they have neglected to put an explanation mark in their DOCTYPE declaration at the top of the page (they have used <DOCTYPE ... instead of <!DOCTYPE ...). It is a basic error, and one which certainly should have been noticed during their testing stage.
Paul.
In related news, Sun have recently released the source code to StarOffice/OpenOffice.
Not any more.
As they are in the UK, they should use whitehouse.co.uk, not .com
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Paul Cupis