On Thu, 23 Apr, 2020 at 11:08:27 +0200, Sven Hartge wrote: > Liam O'Toole <liam.p.oto...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Wed, 22 Apr, 2020 at 22:15:09 +0530, Jayant Tripathi wrote: > > >> [1]https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=929460 > >> Is there a way to download patched groovy version in debian buster > >> through apt? > >> As default groovy version in Buster stable is: Groovy Version: 2.4.16 > >> JVM: 11.0.6 Vendor: Debian OS: Linux > >> Regards > >> Jayant Tripathi > >> > >> References > >> > >> 1. https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=929460 > > > Groovy 2.4.17 is available in bullseye (testing). Try requesting a > > backport on the debian-backports list. > > Backports must not be used to fix bugs in Stable. If groovy from Stable > does not work with the openjdk-11 from Stable, then this is a bug in > Stable and has to be fixed in Stable. >
This is indeed a bug in stable. However, any package in testing becomes a candidate for stable-backports. There's more than one way to skin this cat.
