Re: Debian Weekly News - January 4th, 2000
On Jan 05, Michael Beattie wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 04, 2000 at 07:57:24PM -0800, Joey Hess wrote:
> > Anyone who recently installed a fresh Debian system using the potato
> > boot floppies has a severely broken system that is open to numerous
> > exploits due to [21]permissions problems. The boot-floppies team has
> > fixed the problem, and it's likely very few people are affected, since
> > few people have tried the potato boot floppies yet. Work on the boot
> > floppies continues, on many fronts.
>
> Which date is on the borked floppies? I installed a system recently with the
> xx-xx-2000 ones, and they worked perfectly... where is the permission
> problem? (so I can fix it)
I think it was in 2.2.3. I know the "borked" version was released in
late December, so it looks like you're safe. Check the debian-boot
archives for December & January to make sure (look for "busybox tar
permissions problem" or some such).
Chris
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