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From: mpagano@gentoo.org (Mike Pagano )
To: Gentoo Kernel List <gentoo-kernel@l.g.o>
Subject: [gentoo-kernel] [ANNOUNCE] genpatches-2.6.31-6 release
Date: Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:43:26
Message-Id: 20091106134227.8C704678A8@smtp.gentoo.org
1 This is an automated email announcing the release of genpatches-2.6.31-6
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4 CHANGES SINCE 2.6.31-5
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7 Revision 1626:
8 Fix for the null pointer exception in pipe_rdwr_open (CVE-2009-3547) (mpagano)
9 Added: 1500_pipe-c-null-ptr-dref.patch
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11 Revision 1629:
12 fsnotify patch to not set the group mark before it is on the i_list (mpagano)
13 Added: 1900_fsnotify-group-mark-fix.patch
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15 Revision 1630:
16 2.6.31-6 release (mpagano)
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19 PATCHES
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22 When the website updates, the complete patch list and split-out patches will be
23 available here:
24 http://dev.gentoo.org/~dsd/genpatches/patches-2.6.31-6.htm
25 http://dev.gentoo.org/~dsd/genpatches/tarballs/genpatches-2.6.31-6.base.tar.bz2
26 http://dev.gentoo.org/~dsd/genpatches/tarballs/genpatches-2.6.31-6.extras.tar.bz2
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29 ABOUT GENPATCHES
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32 genpatches is the patchset applied to some kernels available in Portage.
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34 For more information, see the genpatches homepage:
35 http://dev.gentoo.org/~dsd/genpatches
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37 For a simple example of how to use genpatches in your kernel ebuild, look at a
38 recent gentoo-sources-2.6.* ebuild.