Re: Is the woody kernel dangerous?

[Sven Luther <sven.luther@wanadoo.fr>]

On Fri, Jan 07, 2005 at 10:18:57PM +0100, Joerg Rossdeutscher wrote:
> 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)

This one doesn't come from the official debian powerpc kernel, so we didn't
build it for security. you could just rebuild it yourself, as the fixes all
went into the kernel-source package.

But sarge is the future, and 2.6 kernels the way to go.

Friendly,

Sven Luther