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Introduction
Some packages from
proposed-updates
may also be made available via the
stable-updates
suite. This suite is used for updates that many users will want to install on their systems before the next point release is made, such as updates to virus scanners and timezone data, or to resolve urgent problems not of a security nature. Debian announces when new packages are added to
stable-updates
on the
debian-stable-announce
mailing list.
Lifetime
There is one
stable-updates
suite for each Debian release. All packages from
stable-updates
will be included in a later point release. The
stable-updates
suite for each Debian release is removed once that release no longer receives updates.
Enabling the stable-updates suite
To install packages from
stable-updates
, you can add an entry to your
sources.list
. For example, to enable
trixie-updates
add:
deb http://deb.debian.org/debian trixie-updates main
deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian trixie-updates main
For a
Deb822-style
debian.sources
, add the suite to the existing list instead:
Types: deb
URIs: http://deb.debian.org/debian
Suites: trixie trixie-updates
Components: main
Signed-By: /usr/share/keyrings/debian-archive-keyring.gpg
You should then run
apt update
, and then APT will consider packages in the
stable-updates
suite in the usual way. Note that if
APT::Default-Release
is set in your
apt configuration
, then, in order for automatic upgrades to work, some
apt pinning
needs to be added (see
apt_preferences(5)
for more information):
Package: *
Pin: release o=Debian,n=trixie-updates
Pin-Priority: 990
History
The
stable-updates
concept was introduced in
DebianSqueeze
. It replaced the Volatile suite that was available for
DebianLenny
(see
announcement
).
See also
DebianReleases
StableProposedUpdates
- Updates to stable packages will be announced on this list.
Bit from the SRMs: the "stable-updates" suite
CategoryPermalink
: mentioned in the
Release notes for trixie
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