Re: 2.4.18-bf2.4 version confusion, patches?
On Sunday 04 January 2004 16:52, kuene wrote:
> only the kernel images are not pachted.
> so the kernel image packages are the only packages with security
> holes in it. even if you run debian-stable.
> is this right?
Not quite. In addition to the bf-images, there are a bunch of images
that are architecture-specific. Uhm, packages.debian.org are still
down, otherwise you could have seen them there. Anyway, do
dpkg -l kernel-image*
you will at least see that there are a bunch.
So, you're supposed to run one of those, and they are patched, and you
were supposed to install one first thing after the installation. I
don't know where it says so, I can't remember anything from the
installation process nor the "Installing Debian GNU/Linux 3.0" guide. I
haven't re-read it thoroughly, but there is a section in chapter 9
about compiling a new kernel, but I can't see anything about this, at
least not in boldface as it should be... :-)
Cheers,
Kjetil
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