Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 23 Mar 2003 22:20:30 +0100 | From | Martin Hermanowski <> | Subject | Re: Ptrace hole / Linux 2.2.25 |
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On Sun, Mar 23, 2003 at 09:36:28PM +0100, Pavel Machek wrote: > Hi! > > > > Do not get me wrong, I think users can and should compile their own > > > kernel if they want. And as kernel developers, we should facilitate > > > that. But if someone requires handholding and instant or controlled > > > releases of bug fixes, they either need to be able to rely on their own > > > ability to get them or their vendor. We have vendors for a reason, > > > after all. > > > > If that's people's attitude ("you should use a vendor"), then we > > need a > > I believe sentence "you should use a vendor kernel" schould be banned > on this list ;-).
ACK ;-)
> How badly would releasing 2.4.21 which does not have 2.4.20-preX as a > parent mess version control systems?
I guess this would make problems with the incremental patches.
I think putting an official patch for 2.4.20 closing the ptrace hole on www.kernel.org should be no problem, and people compiling the kernel themselves could easily use a correctly patched kernel. The main problem (IMHO) is finding the correct patch. Even a link to the mail in the archive might be sufficient.
(I hope this has not been suggested before, I was unsubsribed to lkml for some days)
Regards, Martin [unhandled content-type:application/pgp-signature] | |