Re: [DSA 1356-1] New Linux 2.6.18 packages fix several vulnerabilities
On Thu, Aug 16, 2007 at 09:34:58AM +0100, Dominic Hargreaves wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 16, 2007 at 09:44:12AM +0200, Bj?rn Mork wrote:
> > dann frazier <dannf@debian.org> writes:
> >
> > > If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for
> > > sources.list as given below:
> > >
> > > apt-get update
> > > will update the internal database
> > > apt-get upgrade
> > > will install corrected packages
> >
> >
> > This won't work unless there are updated linux-image-2.6-* packages in
> > security, will it?
>
> And even then, a dist-upgrade would be needed.
This update is based on 4.0r1 which includes the ABI change. Upgrading
from 4.0r1 does not require a dist-upgrade. The timing was admittedly
awkward as the security update hit before the mirrors synced 4.0r1,
but it also has the benefit of preventing people from upgrading to the
4.0r1 kernel and then immediately having to upgrade to grab the
security fixes.
--
dann frazier
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