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SubjectRe: Kernel version not updated on http://www.kernel.org/kdist/finger_banner
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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