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Re: SimpleBackportCreation attempt says: The value 'unstable' is invalid for APT::Default-Release

From Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org>
Newsgroups linux.debian.user
Subject Re: SimpleBackportCreation attempt says: The value 'unstable' is invalid for APT::Default-Release
Date 2020-06-12 19:40 +0200
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> > DO NOT add a "deb" line for unstable!
> > 
> > I will keep repeating that as many times as it takes.  Because it's
> > freaking IMPORTANT.
> 
> Just a hint: it'd be more empowering for your interlocutors if you
> didn't just tell "don't do that" but rather what happens if they
> do (my guess is that you're hinting at the danger to actually install
> a binary package from unstable by accident -- but I can only guess).

My first message was quite polite.

https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2020/06/msg00426.html

My second message went into details about precisely *why* one does not
do this dangerous thing, but I was already pushed into attack mode,
because my initial polite message was treated with venom and scorn.

https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2020/06/msg00429.html

So, maybe I should have done a dry second attempt to educate the offending
person, rather than responding to the venom and scorn in kind.  But more
likely, a second polite message would just have been brushed off AGAIN.


P.S. Do not add a "deb" source for unstable when building backports.
It's unnecessary, it's not part of the instructions, and it leaves your
system poised to become a FrankenDebian, a nightmare, a mess, a disaster,
an unsupportable broken heap of bytes that can only be fixed by a
full reinstall.

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SimpleBackportCreation attempt says: The value 'unstable' is invalid  for APT::Default-Release David <bouncingcats@gmail.com> - 2020-06-12 14:10 +0200
  Re: SimpleBackportCreation attempt says: The value 'unstable' is  invalid for APT::Default-Release David <bouncingcats@gmail.com> - 2020-06-12 15:30 +0200
    Re: SimpleBackportCreation attempt says: The value 'unstable' is  invalid for APT::Default-Release Reco <recoverym4n@enotuniq.net> - 2020-06-12 15:50 +0200
  Re: SimpleBackportCreation attempt says: The value 'unstable' is  invalid for APT::Default-Release Reco <recoverym4n@enotuniq.net> - 2020-06-12 15:50 +0200
    Re: SimpleBackportCreation attempt says: The value 'unstable' is  invalid for APT::Default-Release Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2020-06-12 17:20 +0200
      Re: SimpleBackportCreation attempt says: The value 'unstable' is  invalid for APT::Default-Release Reco <recoverym4n@enotuniq.net> - 2020-06-12 17:30 +0200
        Re: SimpleBackportCreation attempt says: The value 'unstable' is  invalid for APT::Default-Release Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2020-06-12 18:10 +0200
          Re: SimpleBackportCreation attempt says: The value 'unstable' is  invalid for APT::Default-Release Reco <recoverym4n@enotuniq.net> - 2020-06-12 18:20 +0200
            Re: SimpleBackportCreation attempt says: The value 'unstable' is  invalid for APT::Default-Release Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2020-06-12 18:40 +0200
              Re: SimpleBackportCreation attempt says: The value 'unstable' is  invalid for APT::Default-Release Reco <recoverym4n@enotuniq.net> - 2020-06-12 18:40 +0200
              Re: SimpleBackportCreation attempt says: The value 'unstable' is  invalid for APT::Default-Release <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2020-06-12 18:40 +0200
                Re: SimpleBackportCreation attempt says: The value 'unstable' is  invalid for APT::Default-Release Reco <recoverym4n@enotuniq.net> - 2020-06-12 18:50 +0200
                Re: SimpleBackportCreation attempt says: The value 'unstable' is  invalid for APT::Default-Release <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2020-06-12 19:00 +0200
                Re: SimpleBackportCreation attempt says: The value 'unstable' is  invalid for APT::Default-Release Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2020-06-12 19:10 +0200
                Re: SimpleBackportCreation attempt says: The value 'unstable' is  invalid for APT::Default-Release Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2020-06-12 19:10 +0200
                Re: SimpleBackportCreation attempt says: The value 'unstable' is  invalid for APT::Default-Release <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2020-06-12 19:20 +0200
                Re: SimpleBackportCreation attempt says: The value 'unstable' is  invalid for APT::Default-Release Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2020-06-12 19:40 +0200
                Re: SimpleBackportCreation attempt says: The value 'unstable' is  invalid for APT::Default-Release Reco <recoverym4n@enotuniq.net> - 2020-06-12 20:00 +0200
              Re: SimpleBackportCreation attempt says: The value 'unstable' is  invalid for APT::Default-Release steve <dlist@bluewin.ch> - 2020-06-12 18:50 +0200
        Re: SimpleBackportCreation attempt says: The value 'unstable' is  invalid for APT::Default-Release Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2020-06-13 11:10 +0200
          Re: SimpleBackportCreation attempt says: The value 'unstable' is  invalid for APT::Default-Release Reco <recoverym4n@enotuniq.net> - 2020-06-13 11:30 +0200
            Re: SimpleBackportCreation attempt says: The value 'unstable' is  invalid for APT::Default-Release Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2020-06-13 12:00 +0200
              Re: SimpleBackportCreation attempt says: The value 'unstable' is  invalid for APT::Default-Release Reco <recoverym4n@enotuniq.net> - 2020-06-13 12:10 +0200
  Re: SimpleBackportCreation attempt says: The value 'unstable' is  invalid for APT::Default-Release Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2020-06-12 18:10 +0200
    [solved] Re: SimpleBackportCreation attempt says: The value  'unstable' is invalid for APT::Default-Release David <bouncingcats@gmail.com> - 2020-06-13 07:40 +0200
      Re: [solved] Re: SimpleBackportCreation attempt says: The value  'unstable' is invalid for APT::Default-Release <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2020-06-13 10:00 +0200
        Re: [solved] Re: SimpleBackportCreation attempt says: The value  'unstable' is invalid for APT::Default-Release David <bouncingcats@gmail.com> - 2020-06-23 05:20 +0200
      Re: [solved] Re: SimpleBackportCreation attempt says: The value  'unstable' is invalid for APT::Default-Release Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2020-06-13 11:00 +0200
        Re: [solved] Re: SimpleBackportCreation attempt says: The value  'unstable' is invalid for APT::Default-Release David <bouncingcats@gmail.com> - 2020-06-23 05:20 +0200
      Re: [solved] Re: SimpleBackportCreation attempt says: The value  'unstable' is invalid for APT::Default-Release Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2020-06-14 15:10 +0200
        Re: [solved] Re: SimpleBackportCreation attempt says: The value  'unstable' is invalid for APT::Default-Release David <bouncingcats@gmail.com> - 2020-06-23 05:20 +0200

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