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Re: sources.list for security

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hi,

On Sun, Jul 05, 2020 at 10:34:30AM +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote:
> On Du, 05 iul 20, 08:14:28, Pierre Frenkiel wrote:
> > hi,
> > 
> > I found several proposals for thre security entry
> > 
> > deb http://security.debian.org/ buster/updates main contrib non-free
> > deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security buster/updates main contrib non-free
> 
> [fixed wrapping]
> 
> > deb http://deb.debian.org/debian-security/ buster/updates main
> >
> > which one must be chosen?
> 
> According to https://security.debian.org (redirects to 
> https://www.debian.org/security) the second entry is correct.
> 
> The first one seems to point to the same place as far as I can tell 
> (didn't look very deep though).
> 
> The third entry appears to be an alternate distribution channel and also 
> supports https (in case it matters to you).
> 
> I'm using the third, mostly for consistency with the other entries.  
> Updated packages have been available as soon as the DSA was sent to 
> debian-security-announce.
> 
> The 'component' part ('main', etc.) should always match your other 
> repositories.
> 
> [Rant]
> It's confusing that Debian has several schemes for URLs and suites, e.g.  
> compare:
> 
>     http://security.debian.org/ buster/updates main
> 
> with
> 
>     http://deb.debian.org/debian buster-updates main
> 
> 
> It would be less confusing if all repositories had the same URL and used 
> only the 'suite' part to distinguish them ('stable', 'stable-security', 
> etc.).
> 
> Hopping this will be fixed for 'bullseye'...

Please see

https://lists.debian.org/debian-security/2019/06/msg00015.html

and

https://bugs.debian.org/931785

Regards,
Salvatore

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sources.list for security Pierre Frenkiel <p.frenkiel@laposte.net> - 2020-07-05 08:40 +0200
  Re: sources.list for security "der.hans" <deb-user@LuftHans.com> - 2020-07-05 09:00 +0200
  Re: sources.list for security john doe <johndoe65534@mail.com> - 2020-07-05 09:00 +0200
  Re: sources.list for security Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2020-07-05 09:40 +0200
    Re: sources.list for security Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org> - 2020-07-05 10:00 +0200
      Re: sources.list for security Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2020-07-05 10:50 +0200
        Re: sources.list for security songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2020-07-05 16:10 +0200
          Re: sources.list for security Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2020-07-05 17:50 +0200
            Re: sources.list for security songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2020-07-06 00:20 +0200
              Re: sources.list for security Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2020-07-06 01:20 +0200
                Re: sources.list for security songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2020-07-06 01:40 +0200
                Re: sources.list for security Keith bainbridge <keithrbau@gmail.com> - 2020-07-06 04:20 +0200
                Re: sources.list for security Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2020-07-06 08:00 +0200
                Re: sources.list for security songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2020-07-06 19:10 +0200
              Re: sources.list for security Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2020-07-06 14:20 +0200
                Re: sources.list for security songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2020-07-06 19:20 +0200

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