Re: lm-sensors update for sarge

[Vladislav Kurz <vladislav.kurz@webstep.net>]

On Tuesday 27 of May 2008, dann frazier wrote:
> On Mon, May 26, 2008 at 03:56:21PM +0200, Vladislav Kurz wrote:
> > Hello all,
> >
> > A few days ago I was surprised that there is an update for lm-sensors
> > (and libsensors3) for sarge. It is available from security.debian.org. I
> > know that sarge does not have any security support any more, and there
> > was no DSA about lm-sensors this year. So I ask - does anyone know what
> > is going on?
>
> lm-sensors was updated recently for compatability with the 2.4.27
> kernel update which had an ABI change (DSA 1503). Aurelien Jarno
> discovered that this updated had a problem (#475164) that resulted in
> missing binary modules. It is true that sarge is no longer security
> supported, but since this was a regression caused by a security update
> we went ahead and released the fix.
>
> --
> dann frazier

Thanks for explanation.

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Regards
        Vladislav Kurz