On Sunday 31 August 2025 22:20:50 dep via tde-users wrote:
The install populated /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ with *absolutely nothing.*
Yes, this sounds absurd. Experienced users will know what to do and be able to edit a previous debian.list, but ppeople new to Debian will be at a loss how to install anything.
Seems this has to do with a change: "With Debian 13 (Trixie), APT now uses the deb822 format for managing sources, replacing the old /etc/apt/sources.list. This change improves readability, modularity, and security. Instead of a single line per repo, sources are now structured with key-value pairs in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.sources."
source: https://www.reddit.com/r/debian/comments/1ij82ce/debian_13_trixie_introduced...
Also seems synaptic does not (yet?) use the new format. From what I rad apt should, but I can't test it.
I don't yet understand what it means - I'm waiting for MX 25 to come out and I'll see how it is there. In the mean time it means one should keep a copy of one's *.list files before installing Trixie.
One of the reasons why - as far as possible - I usually install a computer with two systems, so that I only move to the new system when I know it's working, and can fall back to the old one if necessary (Like the Japanese, who build a new temple while using the old one...).