Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Mon, 28 Nov 2011 19:29:56 +0100 | | From | Alexander Holler <> | | Subject | Re: Kernel version not updated on http://www.kernel.org/kdist/finger_banner |
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Am 07.11.2011 15:44, schrieb Justin Piszcz: > Hello, > > Recently I see http://www.kernel.org/ now shows 3.1 as the latest > mainline kernel version (it was 3.1-rcX) a few days ago if I recall > even though 3.1 was released last month. > However, as stated on the homepage, for those who use this in scripts > and such, the latest version is still 3.1-rc4: > > Aug 21, 2003: Please don't use finger.kernel.org for any sort of > automatic monitoring. The number of automatic bots hitting this port > is causing the finger daemon to shut down more often than not. The > same information is available from > http://www.kernel.org/kdist/finger_banner.
Just a reply as reminder for the admins. ;)
I've used that (currently broken) finger_banner too to check the latest version.
Regards,
Alexander
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