Re: need kernel update for lenny ..
On Mon, 03 Sep 2012 20:58:17 +1200, Chris Bannister wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 05:24:53PM +0000, Camaleón wrote:
>> On Wed, 29 Aug 2012 18:08:58 +0100, Tony van der Hoff wrote:
>>
>> > On 29/08/12 17:28, Camaleón wrote:
>> >> It does not matter that Lenny is out of support (formerly codenamed
>> >> "oldstable") because even the current stable release (Squeeze)
>> >> neither get kernel upgrades (for kernel upgrades I mean going from
>> >> 2.6.26 to 2.6.32 or 3.x branch, for instance). Kernel upgrades in
>> >> Debian only happen in testing (until becomes frozen) and sid.
>> >>
>> > Unless there's an upgrade to fix a security issue, I believe?
>>
>> Sure, that's what I said in an earlier post¹ ;-)
>
> LOL, come on ... nice try though. Hey! we all make misteaks
Sure, but -sadly you- not this time :-)
>> But still security updates for the kernel keep the same branch
>> (2.6.32), they can't jump so far because of compatibility (ABI) issues.
>
> Huh? For a start, the fix is backported so that only the problematic
> code is corrected. Not all kernels are vulnerable to the same security
> fault, hence a vulnerability in a 3.x kernel doesn't mean that it
> affects kernels in the 2.6.26 - 2.6.32 range.
Uh? You missed something? We were not talking about that.
>> ¹http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2012/08/msg01890.html
>
> No mention about security support in that post either ..., or was it in
> another thread?
Are you wearing your glasses now? Sure? Okay, here it goes (this is a
copy/paste of my own reply) ;-)
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No, of couse, because as it happens with any "stable" release, Lenny did
not provide a kernel upgrade (other than patches) from their usual repo.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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Greetings,
--
Camaleón
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