Re: 2.4.18-bf2.4 version confusion, patches?
On Tue, Jan 06, 2004 at 12:29:41PM +0100, kuene wrote:
> On Mon, 2004-01-05 at 16:57, Matt Zimmerman wrote:
> > On Mon, Jan 05, 2004 at 02:26:12PM +0100, kuene wrote:
> [snip]
> > You are still wrong. What you do not understand is, when you install
> > Debian, you do not have the package "kernel-image-2.4.18-bf2.4" installed.
> > You have a copy of some of the files in that package, but the package itself
> > is not installed, and so will never be automatically upgraded.
> [snip]
>
> I know that the kernel is not installed.
> but if you install it (apt-get install kernel-image-2.4.18-bf2.4)
> it will be an old one, with security holes!
>
> is this true?
No, that is completely false.
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- mdz
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