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Post # 295151
 Suddenly, plenty of updatesHi all,
This is just a check question. I'm on Mepis11 64 and I keep my system fairly up to date. Recently, I got 50 something update notifications at once, which I found odd. I wanted to check my enabled repositories to see if I had, by any chance, enabled a backport of some sort. I realized that etc/apt/sources.list does not exist, so I checked the repositories from the synaptic package manager. They are:
I checked what was going to be updated. Lots of libraries and some gimp updates. Also, these names seemed important: dpkg, locales-all, perl, samba, xsever... I'm asking all this because I remember not so long ago there was an issue with a big update which messed some people's systems up. So, if any of those who are in the know as to the Mepis repositories could evaluate this, I would appreciate it. I just want to check if all these updates are safe. Thanks in advance. _________________ |
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| Mon Feb 06, 2012 6:15 am |
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MEPIS Guide   Joined: Wed Jul 12, 2006 4:43 am Posts: 2235 Location: Nederweert-Eind, The Netherlands Has thanked: 20 times Have thanks: 120 times
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Post # 295157
Re: Suddenly, plenty of updates [Solved] They're OK -- updates from the debian repositories.
By the way: In M11 /etc/apt/sources.ist DOES exist. Check again. _________________ Ko Bros |
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| Mon Feb 06, 2012 7:31 am |
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MEPIS Guide  Joined: Wed Jul 12, 2006 2:10 am Posts: 2723 Location: The Netherlands Has thanked: 128 times Have thanks: 208 times
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Post # 295164
Re: Suddenly, plenty of updates
list  _________________ SimplyMEPIS-1.5G_11.9.86_64 ext3 KDE 4.8.4 * AMD Asus M4A785TD-V EVO AM3 * ATI RS880GT Radeon HD 4200 * AMD Processor Athlon II X4 635, sAM3 * HDA ATI SB (VT1708S Analog) * 2x4Gb DDR3 1600 Kingston * 22" Samsung SyncMaster P2250 * HP DeskJet F2280 |
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| Mon Feb 06, 2012 8:35 am |
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MEPIS Enthusiast   Joined: Wed Jul 12, 2006 5:54 am Posts: 9156 Location: Tulsa, Oklahoma U.S.A. Has thanked: 2703 times Have thanks: 574 times
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Post # 295183
Re: Suddenly, plenty of updates Depending on the video driver and chipset you may need to reinstall the video driver after the upgrade of the xserver packages. There's a thread or two about this on the forum.
_________________ "There is no "slippery slope" toward loss of liberties, only a long staircase where each step downward must first be tolerated by the American people and their leaders." Alan K. Simpson |
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