On Wed, Aug 17, 2005 at 06:15:18AM -0400, Carl Fink wrote: > On Wed, Aug 17, 2005 at 10:54:57AM +0100, Peter J Ross wrote: > > > If a package in testing is the same version as in stable, the security > > updates ought to work for it ... > > ... right up until there are major library changes in Unstable. Such > changes are happening now. Once that happens the dependencies for the > Stable package will tend to be unmet.
Once a new version of a package arrives in Testing, security updates for the older version won't apply to it, so it ought to be safe to add the security repository as a source while using Testing. Your objection is, however, valid when one tries to downgrade a package manually. It's not a perfect solution, and, as Testing changes, it will work less and less often, but it will help in some cases, and this is one such case. -- PJR :-) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
