I just added the repository “deb [arch=amd64] https://apt.z.cash/jessie main” on my Debian stretch machine, did an “apt-get update” and installed zcash from that repository. Worked like a charm.
However, I would propose that the repository should be renamed to “deb [arch=amd64] https://apt.z.cash/stable main”.
To be clear, is the binary from apt.z.cash safe to run on Debian 9 (“stretch”, “stable”)? While waiting for the official word from the GH ticket #3456, I ask the community… Are many people using the “jessie” .deb on stretch? Or is all users of apt.z.cash still running Debian 8 “jessie” (“oldstable”)?
Reconfiguring servers here. I want to finally be rid of the jessie installation I keep only for zcashd, due to the apt.z.cash dist being named “jessie”. When using money handling software, I want to be safe. But jessie is too outdated for any other production use here; and jessie is not anymore getting regular updates. It would be nice to get Zcash running on the current Debian stable before upgrade to Zcash 2.0.
This is now critical, as there is a code execution vulnerability in the apt updater that is apparently not being fixed in jessie. Therefore, jessie cannot be safely updated anymore!
Is everybody still running zcash on jessie? (Is anybody still running zcash on jessie?) Is stretch officially supported from the apt.z.cash repo? I have not seen any documentation of this issue, and it is still “jessie” under dists. archive.ph
