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Re: Is the woody kernel dangerous?



Hi,

Am Freitag, den 07.01.2005, 12:35 -0800 schrieb Shyamal Prasad:
>     "Joerg" == Joerg Rossdeutscher <ratti@gesindel.de> writes:

>     Joerg> This kernel image is from 2002 (file date in debian
>     Joerg> pool). There is no update available for woody.
> 
> The version in the archive for kernel-image-2.4.18-powerpc is
> 2.4.18-1woody5 from a security update. The change log indicates
> patches from Apr 2004.
> 
> http://packages.debian.org/stable/base/kernel-image-2.4.18-powerpc


Hmmm... this seems to be correct for:
kernel-image-2.4.18-powerpc (2.4.18-1woody5) [security]

but not for the one I use:
kernel-image-2.4.18-powerpc-xfs (20020329)


> I no longer run Woody at home, and my job no longer requires me to
> adminster one. But as I remember my woody boxes (all x86, I'm a
> powerpc newbie) you did NOT automatically get the latest kernel by
> doing an apt-get update. You had to explicitly get and install the
> latest kernel.

Yes, but there seems not to be another one:

# apt-cache search --names-only kernel-image

kernel-image-2.4.18-powerpc - Linux kernel binary image.

kernel-image-2.4.18-powerpc-smp - Linux kernel binary image.

kernel-image-2.4.18-powerpc-xfs - Linux kernel binary image for version
2.4.18-powerpc-xfs


That looks like there are only updates for 2.4.18, but not for
2.4.18-xfs. Uuhh... good luck. This my only system without xfs, so I can
use the other kernel. What does one do if one wants xfs?

Bye,
Ratti

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