Re: Is Debian Linux protected against the Meltdown and Spectre security flaws?
Hi,
On Tue, 20 Feb 2018 08:05:19 +0000
Michael Fothergill <michael.fothergill@gmail.com> wrote:
> For me at any rate if the new version of gcc 4.9 makes it easier for a
> new user to get access to that portion of Spectre vulnerability jointly
> with the the availability of Meltdown as is, then as I said I would be
> very pleased. and if a third person comes on the site asking about
> this problem then we could encourage them to try it.
As I understood from what you wrote earlier you are using Buster, so why
not just stick with its default gcc-7 which from what
https://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=gcc-7&searchon=names&suite=testing§ion=all
says has been updated to 7.3.0 which was iirc what you were waiting for.
Regards
Michael
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