Suggestion for Linux Distro (from PSA: Linux vulnerability)

[Marco Sulla]

On Sat, 16 Apr 2022 at 17:14, Peter J. Holzer <hjp-python at hjp.at> wrote:
>
> On 2022-04-16 16:49:17 +0200, Marco Sulla wrote:
> > Furthermore, you didn't answer my simple question: why does the
> > security update package contain metadata about Debian patches, if the
> > Ubuntu security team did not benefit from Debian security patches but
> > only from internal work?
>
> It DOES NOT contain metadata about Debian patches. You are
> misinterpreting the name "debian". The directory has this name because
> the tools (dpkg, quilt, etc.) were originally written by the Debian team
> for the Debian distribution. Ubuntu uses the same tools. They didn't
> bother to rename the directory (why should they?), so the directory is
> still called "debian" on Ubuntu (and yes I know this because I've built
> numerous .deb packages on Ubuntu systems).

Ah ok, now I understand. Sorry for the confusion.