GetDeb Project

Ming Hua minghua at ubuntu.com
Wed Oct 17 07:27:12 UTC 2007


On Wed, Oct 17, 2007 at 01:45:04AM +0200, Krzysztof Lichota wrote:
> Scott Kitterman napisaƂ(a):
> > Generally I enable backports, install what I want, and the disable it again.  
> > That I think most people can do.
> 
> Maybe they can, but:
> a) they have to know about it

They have to know about GetDeb, too.

> b) it is very inconvenient
> c) you do not get updates to installed app (i.e. security fixes)

This makes me curious: how do you get security fixes for a package
installed from GetDeb?

Ming
2007.10.17




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