Decoupling Moode from the OS

[philrandal]

@beanlime

Wasn't questioning the power of Emacs---I've known about it since Stallings' GNU project released his first version in 1985 and I struggled to install it on my Apollo Domain workstations; obviously I never became a convert.

A problem at the moment is that the RaspiOS folks are preparing for their next major release. The Buster distro on which moOde 7.4.x is built has been relabelled from stable to oldstable.

If 'sudo apt-get update' fails with the message

Code:

E: Repository 'http://raspbian.raspberrypi.org/raspbian buster InRelease' changed its 'Suite' value from 'stable' to 'oldstable'
N: This must be accepted explicitly before updates for this repository can be applied. See apt-secure(8) manpage for details.

Then try 'sudo apt-get update --allow-releaseinfo-change' which should confirm the change, as in

Code:

pi@rpi3a:~ $ sudo apt-get update --allow-releaseinfo-change
Hit:1 http://archive.raspberrypi.org/debian buster InRelease
Get:2 http://raspbian.raspberrypi.org/raspbian buster InRelease [15.0 kB]
Get:3 http://raspbian.raspberrypi.org/raspbian buster/main armhf Packages [13.0 MB]
Get:4 http://raspbian.raspberrypi.org/raspbian buster/contrib armhf Packages [58.7 kB]          
Get:5 http://raspbian.raspberrypi.org/raspbian buster/non-free armhf Packages [104 kB]          
Fetched 13.2 MB in 11s (1,172 kB/s)                                                                                      
Reading package lists... Done
N: Repository 'http://raspbian.raspberrypi.org/raspbian buster InRelease' changed its 'Suite' value from 'stable' to 'oldstable'

Now Emacs should install.

It's possible I had run the update sometime ago on the first system I reported and just forgot.

Regards,
Kent

Better still, use 'sudo apt' instead of 'sudo apt-get' and you shouldn't need to do the allow-releaseinfo-change bit.

Anyhow, a few judicious 'sudo apt mark' on key packages should make updating the underlying OS easier.

The devil, however, is in the detail, and I have no idea which packages need protecting.

If you're not using a USB DAC you may need to keep Moode's kernel version, for example.

Caveat emptor, and all that, and be prepared to reimage if it goes wrong.

You won't get support on this forum for your deviation from the Moode-provided image.

As someone whose day job involves keeping hundreds of servers fully up to date with security patches, I feel your pain.

Cheers,

Phil