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Re: APT Sources.list Line Format for Security Updates

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On Mon, Jul 12, 2021 at 06:55:30PM +0000, Gregory McPherran wrote:
> This shows the new security line form as:
> DebianBullseye - Debian Wiki<https://wiki.debian.org/DebianBullseye?highlight=%28CategoryRelease%29#New_Features>
> deb      http://security.debian.org/debian-security       bullseye-security        main
> 
> This shows the new security line form as:
> sources.list(5) — apt — Debian unstable — Debian Manpages<https://manpages.debian.org/unstable/apt/sources.list.5.en.html#EXAMPLES>
> deb      http://security.debian.org                                     bullseye-security        main
> 
> Is one of    "http://security.debian.org/debian-security"    or   "http://security.debian.org"   the correct format ?
> 
> Or is the "debian-security" portion optional ?

Try both and see which one works.  If the wiki is wrong, edit the wiki so
that it's correct.  (Then hope some jerk doesn't revert your changes.)
If the man page is wrong, file a bug report and pray that the man page
will be fixed in a post-11.0 point release.

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Re: APT Sources.list Line Format for Security Updates Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2021-07-12 22:40 +0200
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