Bug#380028: closed by Bastian Blank <waldi@debian.org> (Re: Bug#380028: mkvmlinuz requires -fno-stack-protector with gcc-4.1)
On Thu, Aug 03, 2006 at 10:50:56PM +0200, Sven Luther wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 30, 2006 at 10:35:15AM -0700, Matt Zimmerman wrote:
> > That isn't true any more now than it was the first time you asserted it, and
> > I've corrected you several times in other forums.
>
> Please define the definition of 'now', and i have not seen any instance of you
> correcting me on other forums.
The previous instance was in March, on debian-devel, in the "removal of
svenl from the project" thread. Message-ID:
<20060315185458.GS11661@alcor.net>
I apologize if you missed it, but I did send it.
> I know that as of ubuntu/dapper, the current stable ubuntu, mkvmlinuz support
> is not included, and *I* had to provide a upgraded mkvmlinuz so people where
> able to install ubuntu on the pegasos and other zImage using boxes (like the
> PReP ones and some IBM CHRPs).
That may be true, and unfortunate, but that does not excuse your
characterization of this situation as malicious. Please do not do that
anymore.
> Also, even if the patch was readded or some other solution was found, the
> above assertion is still true, as it clearly describe what happened, and
> unless you have a time machine, it will remain true.
I have no objection to you stating the facts of what is and what was
supported, only to you attributing malice and misrepresenting what was said
(especially when you put quotation marks around it as if it is a quotation).
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- mdz
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