Why Debian requires manual edit of /etc/apt/source.list to receive LTS updates?
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Why in Debian, you must manually edit your
/etc/apt/source.list
in order to receive LTS updates as explained in the [official Debian LTS Wiki](https://wiki.debian.org/LTS/Using) ?
Why it's not like Ubuntu where LTS updates arrive without the need of this manual change on /etc/apt/source.list
?
this is the an original /etc/apt/source.list
after the install
deb http://deb.debian.org/debian buster main
deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian buster main
deb http://deb.debian.org/debian-security buster/updates main
deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian-security buster/updates main
# buster-updates, previously known as 'volatile'
deb http://deb.debian.org/debian buster-updates main
deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian buster-updates main
and this is the one from [official Debian LTS Wiki](https://wiki.debian.org/LTS/Using)
deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ buster main contrib non-free
deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian/ buster main contrib non-free
deb http://security.debian.org/ buster/updates main contrib non-free
deb-src http://security.debian.org/ buster/updates main contrib non-free
Asked by nulll
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Jul 31, 2023, 03:50 PM
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