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Re: Update questions



On Sat, Apr 19, 2003 at 01:26:12AM -0400, Kevin McKinley wrote:
> On Fri, 18 Apr 2003 21:40:41 +1000
> Rob Weir <rweir@ertius.org> wrote:
> 
> > If you really want 2.4.20, then go get the source from www.kernel.org,
> > and bulid your own .deb using make-kpkg...it's quite easy.  Or just get
> > kernel-image-2.4.20-1-<cputype> from sid and install it...It doesn't
> > depend on anything outside of woody, as far as I know.
> 
> Better yet, apt-get kernel-source-2.4.20.
> 
> It is patched for the recent security exploit.

Yeah, but that's not in woody, either.  If you're going to bother
getting a package from sid, then get a binary.  If you're building your
own, just use the kernel.org source, it's just as quick.

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