On Wednesday 09 Jun 2004 14:38, Peter Vollebregt wrote:
Richard,
Richard Bos wrote:
Op maandag 7 juni 2004 23:20, schreef Peter Vollebregt:
It would be very nice to have a pre-configured source files for different risk profiles. But then again who wants to take the risk to create them ;-)
There are 2 present at the moment: 1. /etc/apt/security.list 2. /etc/apt/sources.list
1. refers to the security list only 2. refers to update and security
2. can be extended for 9.1 with base, as the online version is the same as the disc version.
With the combination above one updates the security information when executing an 'apt update'. It's possible to check which security rpms are available by executing 'apt -s --sourceslist security.list upgrade'
So, how would a 3rd and 4th sources.list file look like? contrib-stable.list:base update security suser-rbos packman usr-local-bin
More components to add?
More files?
Richard,
Thanks for the initiative. Humble me really does not know enough about apt nor the sources and their policies to do it. But of course i am not humble enough to not try...
The 3d list for me would be a list that makes it possible to upgrade applications. Especially i would think about getting Multimedia to work (mplayer, xine, dvd stuff, and i alway wonder why xmms is so difficult
Hum difficult errrrrrr nope i have never had xmms fail an upgrade yet always worked first time around apart from when the SCSI controller went kaput . xmms perfect every time thou
to upgrade for suse). And this should include some applications that are upgrades very often like mozilla, openoffice, wine. Dangerous but only to that particular application that you can revert to normal via tha 'base' list or your CD's. This looks like your list but with the addition of some susers or projects. And in your list i would add packman-686 and maybe funktronics?
The 4d list should be for upgrading system-related apps. Lest say KDE, Gnome, Xfree, CUPS. Very dangeorus of course because it can cripple your system. Warning lights flashing!
Underlying this is of course how specific sources are filled. For instance when you upgrade some things via packman you can be drawn in upgrading KDE just because it is a requirement of a particular small app. And usr-local-bin can be dangerous because it includes a newer version of mozilla that requires an upgrade of gnome...
HTH. My 2 cts... Peter Vollebregt
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