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Re: it's very foolish to force user to install security update

From David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk>
Newsgroups linux.debian.user
Subject Re: it's very foolish to force user to install security update
Date 2019-01-05 04:20 +0100
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On Sat 05 Jan 2019 at 03:01:49 (+0000), Long Wind wrote:
> i'm waiting jessie installer to download kernel from security.debian.org, file size is 34.1M, it may take more than 2 hours
> jessie installer has just downloaded kernel from a mirror i choose, it's fast, but security.debian.org is slow
> early debian installer allow user to choose whether to install security update
> i hope debian developer can read this message

Two things. 1. You can choose whether you want security updates at
install time. (There may be a default value unless you use expert
mode.) You can comment the security line(s) in /etc/apt/sources.list
any time you like.

2. You can ^C out of the upgrade process any time you like. When you
decide to repeat it, apt will automatically carry on downloading from
where it was with no waste of time/bandwidth.

Cheers,
David.

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it's very foolish to force user to install security update Long Wind <longwind2@yahoo.com> - 2019-01-05 04:10 +0100
  Re: it's very foolish to force user to install security update David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2019-01-05 04:20 +0100
    Re: it's very foolish to force user to install security update Long Wind <longwind2@yahoo.com> - 2019-01-05 04:50 +0100
      Re: it's very foolish to force user to install security update David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2019-01-07 06:20 +0100

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