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authorJoey Hess2014-08-19 14:33:43 -0400
committerJoey Hess2014-08-19 14:35:38 -0400
commitb6c5f547419ce95d20453f30403e1a5860720fe6 (patch)
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The Debian package now includes a single-revision git repository in /usr/src/propellor/, and ~/.propellor/ is set up to use this repository as its "upstream" remote. This avoids relying on the security of the github repository when using the Debian package.
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@@ -8,4 +8,9 @@ Edit ~/.propellor/config.hs to configure it.
Note that upgrading the propellor package will not update your
~/.propellor/ repository. You can `git pull upstream` in your repository to
-update to the current upstream.
+update to the current upstream source, as distributed in the Debian
+package.
+
+Older versions of propellor set the upstream remote to
+point to a repository on github, so if you used one of them, you may want
+to change it to point to the new location, /usr/src/propellor/