Hello Debian people! My first post here. I have installed Debian 9.1.0 buster for i386 using the small netinst image. Works well. I tested different desktops, too.
I wanted to use the testing branch also after buster goes stable. According to this page: https://wiki.debian.org/DebianTesting it is possible by editing /etc/apt/sources.list. I followed the instructions and changed "buster" to "testing" and commented out security update lines. It now looks like this : deb http://ftp.fi.debian.org/debian/ testing main deb-src http://ftp.fi.debian.org/debian/ testing main # deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security testing/updates main deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ testing contrib main # deb-src http://security.debian.org/debian-security testing/updates main However running: --- # apt-get update Nouda:1 http://deb.debian.org/debian testing InRelease [135 kB] Vrhe:1 http://deb.debian.org/debian testing InRelease Seuraavia allekirjoituksia ei voinut varmentaa koska julkista avainta ei ole saatavilla: NO_PUBKEY 7638D0442B90D010 Nouda:2 http://ftp.fi.debian.org/debian testing InRelease [135 kB] Vrhe:2 http://ftp.fi.debian.org/debian testing InRelease Seuraavia allekirjoituksia ei voinut varmentaa koska julkista avainta ei ole saatavilla: NO_PUBKEY 7638D0442B90D010 Noudettiin 270 kt ajassa 10s (26,7 kt/s) Luetaan pakettiluetteloita... Valmis W: An error occurred during the signature verification. The repository is not updated and the previous index files will be used. GPG error: http://deb.debian.org/debian testing InRelease: Seuraavia allekirjoituksia ei voinut varmentaa koska julkista avainta ei ole saatavilla: NO_PUBKEY 7638D0442B90D010 W: An error occurred during the signature verification. The repository is not updated and the previous index files will be used. GPG error: http://ftp.fi.debian.org/debian testing InRelease: Seuraavia allekirjoituksia ei voinut varmentaa koska julkista avainta ei ole saatavilla: NO_PUBKEY 7638D0442B90D010 W: Tiedoston http://ftp.fi.debian.org/debian/dists/testing/InRelease nouto ei onnistunut Seuraavia allekirjoituksia ei voinut varmentaa koska julkista avainta ei ole saatavilla: NO_PUBKEY 7638D0442B90D010 W: Tiedoston http://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/testing/InRelease nouto ei onnistunut Seuraavia allekirjoituksia ei voinut varmentaa koska julkista avainta ei ole saatavilla: NO_PUBKEY 7638D0442B90D010 W: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead. --- Sorry, some errors are in Finnish due to my locale. I can try to change that if required. I found some post about GPG errors but no solutions really. I have read some people successfully run Debian testing as a rolling distro and the "DebianTesting" web page also says it is possible. I am curious what is happening. BTW, the web page has conflicting info. After an orange exclamation mark it says: "If you are tracking testing or the next-stable code name, you should always have a corresponding deb http://security.debian.org <"testing" or codename>/updates main line in your /etc/apt/sources.list ." ... although just earlier it told to remove any security lines. This has no effect on the errors though. Now I am testing with VirtualBox. Later my goal is to keep some old machines alive. They only can boot from a CD, no DVD nor USB. Distros that support installation for such machines are getting sparse. Most distros have dropped CD size images and also 32-bit CPUs. Regards, Juha Manninen