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on 11/28/2008 07:59 PM Nikos Chantziaras wrote the following: |
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> Thanasis wrote: |
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>> The question is: |
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>> Am I supposed/ should I upgrade when a new source tree becomes stable? |
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> |
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> >From a security point of view, you're supposed to upgrade the kernel |
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> as soon as a release is made upstream. When a security fix is made |
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> upstream, the vulnerability in question has been disclosed and any |
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> machines not updated to that version are considered vulnerable. |
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> |
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> This means that the package will probably be in ~arch in portage and |
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> not marked stable until it's tested for 30 days or more. So |
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> "unstable" (in portage terms) kernels are more secure then stable ones |
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> simply because they're the latest available. |
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> |
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Hmm...OK, let's see... |
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# eix --nocolor -l gentoo-sources |
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[U] sys-kernel/gentoo-sources |
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Available versions: |
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(2.6.16-r13) |
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2.6.16-r13 "~alpha amd64 arm ~ia64 ~ppc ~ppc64 s390 sparc |
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x86" [build symlink ultra1] |
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(2.6.20-r10) |
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~ 2.6.20-r10 "~amd64 ~arm ~ppc ~ppc64 ~s390 ~sparc ~x86" |
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[build symlink] |
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(2.6.22-r10) |
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~ 2.6.22-r10 "alpha ~amd64 ia64 ~ppc ~ppc64 sparc x86" [build |
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symlink] |
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(2.6.23-r9) |
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2.6.23-r9 "alpha amd64 hppa ia64 ppc ppc64 sparc x86" [build |
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symlink] |
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(2.6.24-r3) |
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2.6.24-r3 "alpha amd64 ~arm hppa ia64 ppc ppc64 ~sh sparc |
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x86" [build symlink] |
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(2.6.24-r4) |
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2.6.24-r4 "~alpha amd64 arm -hppa ia64 ~ppc ~ppc64 ~sh sparc |
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x86" [build symlink] |
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(2.6.24-r8) |
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2.6.24-r8 "alpha amd64 arm -hppa ia64 ~ppc ~ppc64 ~sh sparc |
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x86" [build symlink] |
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(2.6.25) |
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~ 2.6.25 "~amd64 arm ~sparc ~x86" [build symlink] |
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(2.6.25-r1) |
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~ 2.6.25-r1 "~alpha ~amd64 arm ~hppa ~ia64 ~ppc ~ppc64 ~sparc |
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~x86" [build symlink] |
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(2.6.25-r2) |
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~ 2.6.25-r2 "~alpha ~amd64 arm ~hppa ~ia64 ~ppc ~ppc64 ~sparc |
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~x86" [build symlink] |
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(2.6.25-r3) |
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~ 2.6.25-r3 "~alpha ~amd64 arm ~hppa ~ia64 ~ppc ~ppc64 ~sparc |
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~x86" [build symlink] |
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(2.6.25-r4) |
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~ 2.6.25-r4 "~alpha ~amd64 arm ~hppa ~ia64 ~ppc ~ppc64 ~sparc |
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~x86" [build symlink] |
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(2.6.25-r5) |
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~ 2.6.25-r5 "~alpha ~amd64 arm ~hppa ~ia64 ~ppc ~ppc64 ~sparc |
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~x86" [build symlink] |
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(2.6.25-r6) |
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[m] 2.6.25-r6 "alpha amd64 arm hppa ia64 ~ppc ~ppc64 sparc |
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x86" [build symlink] |
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(2.6.25-r7) |
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2.6.25-r7 "~alpha amd64 arm hppa ia64 ~ppc ~ppc64 sparc x86" |
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[build symlink] |
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(2.6.25-r8) |
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~ 2.6.25-r8 "~alpha ~amd64 arm hppa ia64 ~ppc ~ppc64 sparc |
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x86" [build symlink] |
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(2.6.25-r9) |
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~ 2.6.25-r9 "~alpha ~amd64 arm ~hppa ia64 ~ppc ~ppc64 sparc |
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x86" [build symlink] |
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(2.6.26) |
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~ 2.6.26 "~alpha ~amd64 ~hppa ~ia64 ~ppc ~ppc64 ~sparc ~x86" |
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[build symlink] |
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(2.6.26-r1) |
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~ 2.6.26-r1 "~alpha ~amd64 ~hppa ~ia64 ~ppc ~ppc64 ~sparc |
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~x86" [build symlink] |
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(2.6.26-r2) |
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~ 2.6.26-r2 "alpha ~amd64 ~arm hppa ia64 ppc ppc64 sparc |
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~x86" [build symlink] |
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(2.6.26-r3) |
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2.6.26-r3 "~alpha amd64 ~arm ~hppa ~ia64 ~ppc ~ppc64 ~sparc |
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x86" [build symlink] |
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(2.6.27) |
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~ 2.6.27 "~amd64 ~hppa ~ia64 ~ppc ~ppc64 ~sparc ~x86" [build |
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symlink] |
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(2.6.27-r1) |
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~ 2.6.27-r1 "~amd64 ~hppa ~ia64 ~ppc ~ppc64 ~sparc ~x86" |
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[build symlink] |
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(2.6.27-r2) |
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~ 2.6.27-r2 "~amd64 ~arm ~hppa ~ia64 ~ppc ~ppc64 ~sparc ~x86" |
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[build symlink] |
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(2.6.27-r3) |
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~ 2.6.27-r3 "~amd64 ~arm ~hppa ~ia64 ~ppc ~ppc64 ~sparc ~x86" |
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[build symlink] |
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(2.6.27-r4) |
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~ 2.6.27-r4 "~amd64 ~arm ~hppa ~ia64 ~ppc ~ppc64 ~sparc ~x86" |
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[build symlink] |
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Installed versions: 2.6.24-r8(2.6.24-r8)(09:42:56 AM |
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08/01/2008)(-build -symlink) |
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Homepage: http://dev.gentoo.org/~dsd/genpatches |
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Description: Full sources including the Gentoo patchset for |
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the 2.6 kernel tree |
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# |
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|
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....Which one should I upgrade to? :-\ |