[Novalug] Debian sources.list examples

Chuck Seiders chucks@tux.org
Fri Apr 4 12:23:13 EDT 2008


I've been preparing to modify the default sources.list file on a
DNS/File Server box as I want to upgrade from stable/etch to
testing/lenny. I read some of the how-to posts and have seen
various sources.list examples without discussion of benefit of
one over  the other's composition.

So my question is, which of the following few examples would
be most appropriate, beneficial and efficient, assuming this server
remains in service another 36 months.

Thanks in advance for your advise or comments.
--ChuckS


# Debian packages - lenny sources.list

deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ lenny main
deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ lenny main

deb http://security.debian.org/ lenny/updates main contrib
deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian/ lenny main contrib non-free
deb-src http://security.debian.org/ lenny/updates main contrib

*** or really simple like this:

# Debian Lenny

deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ lenny main contrib non-free
deb http://security.debian.org/ lenny/updates main contrib non-free

*** or "testing" like this:

# Debian packages - testing sources.list
deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian/ testing main contrib non-free

# Testing Sources
deb-src http://http.us.debian.org/debian/ testing main contrib non-free

#Security
deb http://security.debian.org/ testing/updates main

*** or "blended" like this:

# Debian packages - testing main
deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ testing main
deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ testing main

# Debian packages - stable non-free
deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free
deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US stable/non-US main contrib 
non-free
deb http://security.debian.org stable/updates main contrib non-free


# Debian packages - testing non-free
deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian testing main contrib non-free
deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US testing/non-US main contrib 
non-free
deb http://security.debian.org testing/updates main contrib non-free


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