Re: Explanation of package list at www.debian.org. (solved)

2003-09-30 Thread Jimmy Johansson

On Sun, 28 Sep 2003, Colin Watson wrote:

 On Sun, Sep 28, 2003 at 10:12:34PM +0200, Jimmy Johansson wrote:
  Hi, I have a quick question about the package list (stable) at
  www.debian.org.
  
  Some packages have a red label, security, behind them. Does this mean
  that this package is security enhanced or that it is a security risk?
 
 It means that the package comes from the archive at security.debian.org,
 which in turn indicates that it's had an update to fix a security
 vulnerability since the last stable release.

I just want to thank you Colin. Your help, and everybody elses help, is
much appreciated by me (and I think I speak for all newbies here).

/Jimmy



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Re: Explanation of package list at www.debian.org.

2003-09-28 Thread Colin Watson
On Sun, Sep 28, 2003 at 10:12:34PM +0200, Jimmy Johansson wrote:
 Hi, I have a quick question about the package list (stable) at
 www.debian.org.
 
 Some packages have a red label, security, behind them. Does this mean
 that this package is security enhanced or that it is a security risk?

It means that the package comes from the archive at security.debian.org,
which in turn indicates that it's had an update to fix a security
vulnerability since the last stable release.

Cheers,

-- 
Colin Watson  [EMAIL PROTECTED]


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