Hi,
Indeed, it is a bad idea to run a full update with this flag. It is
normal to see many packages to be updated, while there are not when you
dont use the flag, as with it, it searches what to update in the
experimental repo. But experimental should not be considered as a branch
as sid. If possible to update individual packages to make tests, it is
harmful to update all a system with this repo, in particular because it
may be not full, lacking dependencies of some packages, etc. It is
completely unstable, while sid may be at least consistent except in
large changes.
Regards
Jean-Philippe MENGUAL
Debian Developer non uploading
Accessibility team member
debian-l10n-french team member
President of Debian France non-profit organization
Le 09/02/2025 à 16:04, Chime Hart a écrit :
Hi Jean: Thank you: Once I had an experimental in the list, I was able
to install ORCA48. An item which is fascinating to me is if I use that -
t flag with any package, it says 298 packages not upgraded, but
otherwise everything is up2date. I suppose it would be risky to run an
update with that flag?
Chime
