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on 11/28/2008 01:19 PM Dale wrote the following: |
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> Thanasis wrote: |
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>> Regarding kernel maintenance, mostly from the point of view of |
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>> security, which is the best way to go: |
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>> 1) Having gentoo-sources in /var/lib/portage/world, which would mean |
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>> the sources would be upgraded whenever portage marks a newer version |
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>> as stable (provided someone follows stable)? |
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>> 2) Not having gentoo-sources in /var/lib/portage/world, which would |
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>> mean the sources would be upgraded only as a dependency for some other |
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>> package (which is quite improbable/rare)? |
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>> (or, I may be missing something :-) ) |
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> This is my opinion and you are welcome to take it with a grain of salt. |
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> I rarely upgrade unless I have new hardware that needs it or there is |
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> some security thing that affects me. Since I am on dial-up, good luck |
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> with the last one. |
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I'm on ADSL but keep the connection and machine (laptop) always on. |
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> Basically, upgrade when you need to. It may be new hardware that is not |
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> in the older kernels, some security issue that affects you or maybe that |
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> something will work better with a newer kernel. |
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Yes, I agree, that's one reason. |
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> If what you have works,use it. |
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> If you do upgrade, make sure to save your old sources and your old |
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> kernel. That way if something does not work with the new kernel, you |
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> can boot with the old one until you get things sorted. |
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That's the way I have always been doing it. |
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Thanks. :-) |
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