From c664629e4b053f93ce41a0e7358846555a141ad9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Andrew David Wong Date: Sun, 12 Jun 2016 11:31:52 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Create section on dom0 testing repos --- common-tasks/software-update-dom0.md | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+) diff --git a/common-tasks/software-update-dom0.md b/common-tasks/software-update-dom0.md index 7490ba43..2f22d011 100644 --- a/common-tasks/software-update-dom0.md +++ b/common-tasks/software-update-dom0.md @@ -94,6 +94,29 @@ If you've installed a package such as anti-evil-maid, you can remove it with the sudo yum remove anti-evil-maid ~~~ +### Testing repositories + +There are three Qubes dom0 testing repoistories: + +* `current-testing` -- testing packages that will eventually land in the stable + (`current`) repository +* `security-testing` -- a subset of `current-testing` that contains packages + that qualify as security fixes +* `unstable` -- packages that are not intended to land in the stable (`current`) + repository; mostly experimental debugging packages + +To temporarily enable any of these repos, use the `--enablerepo=` +option. Example commands: + +~~~ +sudo qubes-dom0-update --enablerepo=qubes-dom0-current-testing +sudo qubes-dom0-update --enablerepo=qubes-dom0-security-testing +sudo qubes-dom0-update --enablerepo=qubes-dom0-unstable +~~~ + +To enable any of these repos permanently, change the corresponding boolean in +`/etc/yum.repos.d/qubes-dom0.repo`. + ### Kernel Upgrade ### Install newer kernel. The following example installs kernel 3.19 and was tested on Qubes R3 RC1.