Thursday 2 April 2015

Re: Ubuntu ddebs $distro-security Problems

On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 09:14:04AM +0200, Martin Pitt wrote:
> Hey Sean,
>
> Sean M [2015-03-23 19:43 -0700]:
> > http://ddebs.ubuntu.com/
> >
> > I've noticed that the security repositories for ddebs have incomplete
> > Release files (they do not contain architectures or component lists) and
> > some distros have not been updated since 2014 (precise, trusty, utopic).
> >
> > Is there a possibility that this could get fixed?
>
> Don't use -security, just -updates. I deliberately don't create
> -security indexes as that would take even longer, and they are
> redundant as we copy all -security bits to -updates as well. I would
> like to completely remove the -security indexes on ddebs.u.c., but
> last time I tried that it broke http://errors.ubuntu.com; I'll check
> with Brian again.

The Ubuntu Error Tracker does not use -security so feel free to
completely remove their indexes.

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Brian Murray