Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 18 Mar 2003 06:23:41 +1100 (EST) | From | Neale Banks <> | Subject | re: Ptrace hole / Linux 2.2.25 |
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On Mon, 17 Mar 2003, Tomas Szepe wrote:
> > [alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk] > > > > On Mon, 2003-03-17 at 18:20, Tomas Szepe wrote: > > > Is this critical enough for 2.4.21 to go out? Or can it wait like > > > some other fairly serious stuff such as the ext3 fixes? What about > > > the current state of IDE? > > > > > > Would it make sense to repackage 2.4.20 into something like 2.4.20-p1 > > > or 2.4.20.1 with only the critical stuff applied? > > > > If you build your own kernels apply the patch, if you use vendor kernels > > then you can expect vendor kernel updates to appear or have already > > appeared > > You have avoided the question(s). 8)
I think Alan's trying to teach us how to fish ;-)
That said, IMVHO something like this does constitute an argument for 2.4.20-p1 (due to the amount of change that's already racked up for 2.2.21).
Regards, Neale.
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