Debian 10 “Buster” End of LTS Support

[oerdnj]

On 30. June 2024, Debian 10 "Buster" LTS will reach End-Of-Life.

What does it mean for DEB.SURY.ORG PPAs?

The packages for Debian 10 "Buster" will be deleted shortly after the EoL is announced, usually at the same time as the next PHP release is published because it's not possible to build the packages any more.

The packages for Debian 10 "Buster" will be available via PHP LTS by Freexian paid program.

With the experience of all the previous EOL releases, I can't stress enough that you should plan ahead and have your servers already upgraded by now. Yesterday was too late.

Just a forewarning - because it happens every time the distribution goes EOL, I will not discuss any requests such as:

could you "just keep it there"
could you "extend it by just a couple of days"
etc...
The end-of-life for Debian 10 "Buster" was announced years ago and is well known. It's also well known that this repository does not provide packages beyond the lifetime of the base distribution.

[oerdnj]

It's time folks. Say goodbye to Debian 10 Buster, it was good while it lasted.

[oerdnj]

And it has been done.

[jmergy]

... and this is why I am here :)

E: Failed to fetch https://packages.sury.org/php/dists/buster/InRelease 403 Forbidden [IP: 169.150.221.147 443]
E: The repository 'https://packages.sury.org/php buster InRelease' is no longer signed.

I'm sure others will be arriving here too for this. All good. Thank you!

[ondrejsudoma]

If you run into this problem:

E: Failed to fetch https://packages.sury.org/php/dists/buster/InRelease  403  Forbidden [IP: 169.150.221.147 443]
E: The repository 'https://packages.sury.org/php buster InRelease' is no longer signed.

what you have to do is download and compile PHP for yourself. Downloading & compiling is pretty straightforward. You might then run into one or two issues, like nginx/apache not being able to find it afterwards, etc. But if you have ChatGPT open on the side, it's no big deal. I just did it this morning with PHP 7.4, after missing package deletion by 8 hours ... .

[oerdnj]

Or … you can upgrade your Debian and get the security updates for the rest of the system (libraries, kernel, …). The packages were deleted for a reason - Debian Buster is not getting any more security fixes and you need to upgrade - preferably to the latest Debian version.

The end-of-life dates for Buster and Buster LTS are well-known, there is simply no excuse for not upgrading the systems in time.

Also the fact this happens every two years for Debian and the other every two years for Ubuntu LTS is just mind-blowing.

[DanielM39]

Hi just wanted to say since this is how your often told to install php on raspberry pi and the like (and it's pretty common for those devices to be peoples first exposure to Linux and by extension adding and removing repos) it might be helpful to put a quick "This is how you remove a repo" for people that end up here.