On Sun, Feb 04, 2007 at 09:24:11PM -0500, Michael Pobega wrote: > Jan C. Nordholz wrote: > >Hi, > > > > > >>>>deb http://security.debian.org/ etch/updates testing contrib > >>>>deb-src http://security.debian.org/ etch/updates testing contrib/ > >>>> > >>>Your first line points to testing but the third line (security) still > >>>points to etch. > >>> > >>> > >>Oh wow, I didn't notice that. Well I removed the etch and replaced it > >>with testing, but now I'm getting this error: > >> > > > >the problem is that testing (or etch) appears twice in the line. It > >should > >read > > > >] deb http://security.debian.org testing/updates main contrib > >] ( Server ) (Distribution) ( Sections ) > > > >so that "apt-get update --print-uris" prints something like > > > >] http://security.debian.org/dists/testing/updates/Release.gpg > > > > > >Regards, > > > >Jan > > > I ended up getting it working, thanks. I can't believe I was so stupid > to substitute "main" for "testing", I guess I wasn't paying attention. > Thanks for your help all, I'll be sticking with testing permanently now > :-D >
I know this thread has run its course, but I've only just seen it and need to add .02 about a couple issues that either weren't mentioned or I think were misinterpreted. The breakage that people refer to in testing is a two fold issue, as I see it. 1) when "Etch" goes stable, there is a large backlog of upgrades waiting in sid that will all flush into testing in very short order. This means that it could get real ugly in testing for a while. 2) there is a lag in the process from sid to testing. I don't remember how many days, but it is a few days for sure. What this means is if something breaks in testing, the bug fix goes in to sid where it sits for several days before it can move into testing. In addition to the lag time, there is potential for bugs to take days or weeks to actually get fixed before they even hit sid. This means when things do break in testing it can be quite a while before they are resolved. just wanted to throw that out there. A
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