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Re: [DSA 1356-1] New Linux 2.6.18 packages fix several vulnerabilities



On Thu, Aug 16, 2007 at 09:34:58AM +0100, Dominic Hargreaves wrote:

> And even then, a dist-upgrade would be needed.

Sorry to be replying to myself.

Of course, this will also need module-assistant style (and any other)
out-of-tree modules to be rebuilt; I can't remember whether there's ever
been a kernel ABI bump in a stable release before, but IMO this update
certainly warrants something other than the standard boilerplate in the
advisory.

Or, to put it another way, dist-upgrade (as indicated above) isn't
"safe" and so shouldn't be recommended without further qualification.

Cheers,

Dominic.

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