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Gullible Jones

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Registered: 2004-12-29

Posts: 4,863

Linux 2.6.10-as5 is out...

And it has some security fixes.

Guys? Time to update the stock kernel...

dtw

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From: UK

Registered: 2004-08-03

Posts: 4,439

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Re: Linux 2.6.10-as5 is out...

here here!

i mean, wtf?  I posted about this in the -as adoption thread a while back but it got lost in the plague.  why adopt a security fix patcheset as standard and then not keep up to date with it?

it defeats the point surely!?

Gullible Jones

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Registered: 2004-12-29

Posts: 4,863

Re: Linux 2.6.10-as5 is out...

Agreed, Dibble...

If they fail to keep up to date, I'll switch to the MM patchset. Thank the gods for GRUB. 8)

JGC

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Registered: 2003-12-03

Posts: 1,664

Re: Linux 2.6.10-as5 is out...

I've been to a talk of Alan Cox on FOSDEM 2005 about the kernel development. If you want to have the latest and greatest kernel with all security fixes, you should run the 2.6 -ac branch. He doesn't keep backported versions, but only works with the latest kernel branch and patches that one for security and reliability.
The -as series we're using is somewhat the same, but with one difference: it's meant to be a 2.6.10 kernel with all backports of security issues to keep a stable kernel that doesn't change between releases.