On Tue 23 Mar 2021 at 09:31:52 (-0700), David Christensen wrote: > On 3/22/21 8:34 PM, David Wright wrote: > > On Mon 22 Mar 2021 at 17:26:14 (-0700), David Christensen wrote: > > > On 3/22/21 5:03 PM, Keith Wyatt wrote: > > > > > > > As o[f] > > > > now it will include the following bug fixes. They can be found in > > > > "buster- > > > > proposed-updates", which is carried by all official mirrors. > > > > > > Please provide a URL. > > > > Do you mean for the .deb files themselves. AIUI they're in the > > pool with all the rest. As for the changes files, they're in > > > > http://XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX/debian/dists/buster-proposed-updates/ > > > > where XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX is whatever you put in /etc/apt/sources.list > > as your local mirror. > > Thank you for the response. > > Browsing: > > http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/dists/buster-proposed-updates/ > > Yes, I do see many *.changes files (one for each package and > architecture combination). > > But, that does not tell me how to *use* the information presented -- > e.g. that proposed Debian Stable updates are available (for testing).
I would say "for trying out"; "testing" is rather ambiguous in this context. > Assuming that I start with a fresh install of: > > debian-10.8.0-amd64-xfce-CD-1.iso > > How do I download and/or install the proposed updates? > > That is the URL I need. It's not a URL, but just another line in sources.list. But I myself prefer to just download .debs automatically with the usual three lines: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ buster main non-free contrib deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security buster/updates main contrib non-free deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ buster-updates main contrib non-free … and a cron job, then peruse and install them; and I treat point releases in just the same way. Cheers, David.