Op 09-09-15 om 23:43 schreef Liam O'Toole: > On 2015-09-09, Paul van der Vlis <p...@vandervlis.nl> wrote: >> Op 09-09-15 om 12:20 schreef Liam O'Toole: >> >>> If you use flashplayer-mozilla from deb-multimedia, then you get updates >>> automatically. >> >> When you use cron, you get updates automatically too. See my other post. > > I saw that, thanks. I prefer to manage updates through APT. Each to his > own.
You prefer to get updates from a place, what gave many problems in the past. >>> Conflicts are avoided by pinning the deb-multimedia repository. >> >> I think this is complex to do right. >> >> My experience: deb-multimedia in sources.list gives problems. >> See: https://wiki.debian.org/DebianMultimedia/FAQ#Common_issues >> >> When I need a package from deb-multimedia, I use wget and dpkg. > > I've been using Flash from deb-multimedia for years without issue (on > stable releases, I grant you). I use the following pinning: > > Package: * > Pin: release o=Unofficial Multimedia Packages > Pin-Priority: 100 I don't know what this is doing, do you? I think you will have many packages on your system what are coming from deb-multimedia. Maybe that's what you want, no idea. I think the people from deb-multimedia are doing their best to make good packages. But I think Debian is too complex to mix with a repo like deb-multimedia with many packages. Maybe you don't have problems with flash, but I think your system is not "rock solid" anymore. And what does deb-multimedia bring you for that? With regards, Paul van der Vlis. -- Paul van der Vlis Linux systeembeheer Groningen https://www.vandervlis.nl/