Hi Laszlo, On Sat, May 14, 2005 at 02:48:32PM +0200, Laszlo Boszormenyi wrote: > I need an update for kernel-patch-grsecurity2 (in Sarge currently). > The update would be for the new (security related) kernel versions, as > upstream updated the grsecurity2 patch for that, no other changes done. > Would it be accepted for Sarge? What new kernel versions are you referring to? > Also I am not sure how the update should be done in the Debian package: > 1) delete the one for 2.6.11.7 and include the one for 2.6.11.9; but it > means the diff would be _big_. > 2) update the .orig.tar.gz, but then I need to change the upstream > version from 2.1.5 to 2.1.5.1 or something, as the .orig.tar.gz can > not be changed once in the archives, right? But I would not like to > make false thinking for the Release Managers that this is a new > upstream version, as it isn't. If the only reason for this update is for compatibility with 2.6.11.9, then such an update would not be accepted. We aren't shipping any 2.6.11.x kernels with sarge. -- Steve Langasek postmodern programmer
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