Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Heads up: Your system might be broken and/or insecure due to serious patch-2.6 bug
Date: Wed, 02 Dec 2009 10:53:53
Message-Id: 200912021251.54344.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Heads up: Your system might be broken and/or insecure due to serious patch-2.6 bug by Nikos Chantziaras
1 On Tuesday 01 December 2009 18:02:48 Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
2 > Everyone should read the following and follow the advice given:
3 >
4 > http://blog.flameeyes.eu/2009/12/01/gentoo-service-announcement-keep-clear-
5 > of-gnu-patch-2-6
6 >
7
8 <sigh>
9
10 I emerged patch-2.60 when it hit ~amd64 then downgraded it 10 days later when
11 a report on b.g.o. showed it was affecting OOo.
12
13 Right in the middle of those 10 days, I ran this:
14
15 emerge -e world
16
17 </sigh>
18
19 --
20 alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com

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