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Re: Plan to update linux kernel due to CVE-2013-2094?



On Fri, May 17, 2013 at 10:51:33AM +0100, Steven Ayre wrote:
> It's also probably not a good habit to get into either even if it happens
> to work in isolated cases.

Nope. It have to work. This is why there are dependencies and other
relations between packages.

>                            Judging from conversations on #debian mixing
> distributions is a very common way of breaking your system.

Can you quote?

>                                                                 Using
> squeeze-backports is much safer.

And lacking security support, sure.

> Especially now we have multiarch in Wheezy so libraries won't be installed
> where you'd expect under Squeeze.

This is no problem because either the dynlinker takes care of it or
proper relations are declared.

Bastian

-- 
Another Armenia, Belgium ... the weak innocents who always seem to be
located on a natural invasion route.
		-- Kirk, "Errand of Mercy", stardate 3198.4


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