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From: "J. Roeleveld" <joost@××××××××.org>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] OT: latest longterm kernel.org patches are unsigned
Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2018 03:22:23
Message-Id: A92070A9-7573-40F4-A439-CFAC5D16849C@antarean.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] OT: latest longterm kernel.org patches are unsigned by james
1 On August 20, 2018 9:33:03 PM UTC, james <garftd@×××××××.net> wrote:
2 >On 8/17/18 12:07 PM, Ian Zimmerman wrote:
3 >> If you browse this URL:
4 >>
5 >> https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/
6 >>
7 >> you'll see that for each 4.14 patch up to 4.14.58 there is a
8 >> cooresponding GPG signature file:
9 >>
10 >> patch-4.14.58.sign 25-Jul-2018 09:28 833
11 >> patch-4.14.58.xz 25-Jul-2018 09:28 1M
12 >>
13 >> etc.
14 >>
15 >> But starting with 4.14.59, there are no .sign files. Why? Is this a
16 >> bug, and if so, where do I report it?
17 >>
18 >> This breaks my lovingly duct-taped kernel update infrastructure ...
19 >>
20 >
21 >Ian,
22 >
23 >Not sure this is related to your problem but it's an interesting read
24 >about (intel) microcodes and current blocks being enforced by Gentoo,
25 >clandestinely?
26 >
27 >
28 >https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=906158
29 >
30 >https://bugs.gentoo.org/664134
31 >
32 >
33 >Apologies if I research is fragmented or flawed...
34 >
35 >hth,
36 >James
37
38 Interesting read.
39 Can't update the bug at the moment, but downloading the microcode file worked and I didn't see any license agreement.
40
41 --
42 Joost
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44 Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.