The Debian project has announced the immediate availability of the eighth maintenance update for the Debian 9 Stretch series.
Coming just a month after Debian 9.7, a emergency update that only contained a fix for APT task managerDebian version 9.8 arrives as a multimedia update that contains a large number of security and bug fixes, offering its users a way to install the system from scratch without having to download the updates from the official repositories.
"This update brings with it many improvements and various fixes to serious problems. Please note that this update is not a new version of Debian 9 and is only maintenance updates for some packages. There is no need to remove the old 'stretch'. After the update the packages can be upgraded to the updated versions through the Debian servers”Is mentioned in the mail announcement.
Debian 9.8 Stretch Installation and Test Images Coming Soon
As we mentioned earlier, Debian 9.8 has a ton of updates. To be precise, it contains 90 updates that add important fixes to various packages, as well as 96 security updates.
In total, There are 186 packages updated in Debian 9.8, in addition to 23 redundant packets are removed. The Debian installer has been updated to include these fixes and updates.
Debian 9.8 Stretch is now available, but the installation and test images still do not reach the official page. Users who already have Debian 9.7 can update their installations by running the code "sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get full-upgrade" in a terminal and accepting the prompts to proceed with the installation.