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debian unstable is unsupported

Open absunth opened this issue 2 years ago • 8 comments

@Nyr github-issue

absunth avatar Aug 17 '22 08:08 absunth

Consider updating your system OS to a version that still receives updates. Out dated systems hold insecure packages.

misterG13 avatar Aug 17 '22 11:08 misterG13

Consider updating your system OS to a version that still receives updates. Out dated systems hold insecure packages.

i'm on the latest possible version of debian?

absunth avatar Aug 17 '22 11:08 absunth

That is a question to ask yourself.

"bookworm" is not in release state. Author will likely wait. Or look for someone to patch it in.

https://www.debian.org/releases/bookworm/

misterG13 avatar Aug 17 '22 11:08 misterG13

Please Use Debian 11 Stable Called "bullseye"

Darkluna999 avatar Aug 17 '22 11:08 Darkluna999

there is no reason why this script shouldn't be supported by debian's bleeding edge & testing releases. it works perfectly fine if you remove the compatibility check, this is an issue due to the fact that /etc/debian_version doesn't return the version as a number. https://github.com/Nyr/openvpn-install/blob/master/openvpn-install.sh#L31 https://github.com/Nyr/openvpn-install/blob/master/openvpn-install.sh#L53

absunth avatar Aug 17 '22 11:08 absunth

It will work but can you guarantee all packages are secure?

This is why we wait for release, there are testing procedures programmers follow to keep production versions secure.

misterG13 avatar Aug 17 '22 12:08 misterG13

It will work but can you guarantee all packages are secure? This is why we wait for release, there are testing procedures programmers follow to keep production versions secure.

even if there was a package with security issues i don't see how that matters as this has nothing to do with that. this script supports other bleeding edge distro releases, please stop embarrassing yourself over this.

absunth avatar Aug 17 '22 12:08 absunth

So you found problem, fixed it and instead of helping the community, you came to complain.

This is not Facebook

misterG13 avatar Aug 17 '22 13:08 misterG13

I agree, would be nice to run this script on Debian Testing.

thejohnha avatar Feb 19 '23 00:02 thejohnha

I do not want to commit support for testing or unstable, or to rewrite the version check and deal with issues from unsupported versions.

So while anyone is free and even encouraged to override the version check if they wish, this is a project with limited resources and no plans to officially support unstable/testing distros.

That said, I am fixing the version check to be more specific.

Nyr avatar Oct 19 '23 14:10 Nyr