Updated Debian 9: 9.11 released

September 8th, 2019

The Debian project is pleased to announce the eleventh update of its oldstable distribution Debian 9 (codename stretch).

This point release is primarily an update to the recently-released 9.10, in order to resolve a critical problem with the installer that was discovered during image testing.

Please note that the point release does not constitute a new version of Debian 9 but only updates some of the packages included. There is no need to throw away old stretch media. After installation, packages can be upgraded to the current versions using an up-to-date Debian mirror.

Those who frequently install updates from security.debian.org won't have to update many packages, and most such updates are included in the point release.

New installation images will be available soon at the regular locations.

Upgrading an existing installation to this revision can be achieved by pointing the package management system at one of Debian's many HTTP mirrors. A comprehensive list of mirrors is available at:

https://www.debian.org/mirror/list

Miscellaneous Bugfixes

This oldstable update adds a few important corrections to the following packages:

Package Reason
base-files Update for the point release
bogl Call iswspace instead of isspace, fixes crash on U+FEFF
debian-installer Rebuild against proposed-updates
debian-installer-netboot-images Rebuild against proposed-updates

Debian Installer

The installer has been updated to include the fixes incorporated into oldstable by the point release.

URLs

The complete lists of packages that have changed with this revision:

http://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/stretch/ChangeLog

The current oldstable distribution:

http://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/oldstable/

Proposed updates to the oldstable distribution:

http://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/oldstable-proposed-updates

oldstable distribution information (release notes, errata etc.):

https://www.debian.org/releases/oldstable/

Security announcements and information:

https://www.debian.org/security/

About Debian

The Debian Project is an association of Free Software developers who volunteer their time and effort in order to produce the completely free operating system Debian.

Contact Information

For further information, please visit the Debian web pages at https://www.debian.org/, send mail to <press@debian.org>, or contact the stable release team at <debian-release@lists.debian.org>.