Re: Nested folders under debian-security

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Hey Adam,

Ok, good to know, i was a bit confused seeing so many levels of "updates".

Thanks for clarifying it.

Kind regards,
Sinisa


On Fri, Apr 3, 2026 at 9:40=E2=80=AFAM Adam D. Barratt <[email protected]=
rg.uk>
wrote:

> On Fri, 2026-04-03 at 09:10 +0200, Sinisa Gujic wrote:
> > While browsing debian security in official mirror i noticed that
> > updates folder has 20+ nested folders named =E2=80=9Cupdates".
> >
> > For example:
> >  http://deb.debian.org/debian-security/dists/trixie-security/updates/
> > updates/updates/updates/updates/ and so on..
> >
> > Not sure if this is on purpose or not, thus reporting this as a bug.
> > I tried to look if someone else reported it already but could not
> > find anything.
>
> They're not actually nested, rather "updates" is a symlink to ".".
> That's a side-effect of the fact that the canonical method of referring
> to security suites in APT sources used to be "foo/updates" rather than
> "foo-security".
>
> I don't know whether there's any current reason for the symlink to
> exist, given that all supported suites use the new form, but that's not
> something that the mirrors team can change.
>
> Regards,
>
> Adam
>

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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div>Hey Adam,</div><div><br></div><div>Ok, good to know, =
i was a bit confused seeing so many levels of &quot;updates&quot;.<br><br><=
/div><div>Thanks for clarifying it.</div><div><br></div><div>Kind regards,<=
/div><div><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_signature" data-smartmail=3D"gmai=
l_signature"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div>Sinisa</div></div></div></div><br></div>=
<br><div class=3D"gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=
=3D"gmail_attr">On Fri, Apr 3, 2026 at 9:40=E2=80=AFAM Adam D. Barratt &lt;=
<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>&gt=
; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px=
 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">On Fri,=
 2026-04-03 at 09:10 +0200, Sinisa Gujic wrote:<br>
&gt; While browsing debian security in official mirror i=C2=A0noticed that<=
br>
&gt; updates folder has 20+ nested folders named =E2=80=9Cupdates&quot;.<br=
>
&gt; <br>
&gt; For example:<br>
&gt; =C2=A0<a href=3D"http://deb.debian.org/debian-security/dists/trixie-se=
curity/updates/" rel=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">http://deb.debian.org=
/debian-security/dists/trixie-security/updates/</a><br>
&gt; updates/updates/updates/updates/=C2=A0and so on..<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; Not sure if this is on purpose or not, thus reporting this as a bug.<b=
r>
&gt; I tried to look if someone else reported it already but could not<br>
&gt; find anything.<br>
<br>
They&#39;re not actually nested, rather &quot;updates&quot; is a symlink to=
 &quot;.&quot;.<br>
That&#39;s a side-effect of the fact that the canonical method of referring=
<br>
to security suites in APT sources used to be &quot;foo/updates&quot; rather=
 than<br>
&quot;foo-security&quot;.<br>
<br>
I don&#39;t know whether there&#39;s any current reason for the symlink to<=
br>
exist, given that all supported suites use the new form, but that&#39;s not=
<br>
something that the mirrors team can change.<br>
<br>
Regards,<br>
<br>
Adam<br>
</blockquote></div>

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