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On 9/8/06, Richard Fish <bigfish@××××××××××.org> wrote: |
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> On 9/8/06, Mark Knecht <markknecht@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> > I sort of have a problem with this. Maybe the info is in the change |
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> > logs? |
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> Yes, you really should read the ChangeLog if you want anwers to such |
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> questions. Looks like 4.1.21 was stabilized to solve a security bug |
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> [1] [2]. |
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> > up with 4.1.20 I think it must have been marked stable. Why did folks |
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> > mark it stable and then completely remove it when 4.1.21 came along, |
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> > but we continue to have older versions like 4.0.27? |
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> Versions older than 4.1 are not affected by the security bug, so there |
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> was no need to remove them. |
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> [1] http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200608-09.xml |
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> [2] http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=142429 |
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> -Richard |
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Thanks Richard. |
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I know the Gentoo security focus is important. However it still seems |
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to me that there must be a better way to do this than essentially |
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ripping it out of my system by deleting the ebuild. Making a |
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worldwide security decision seems quite draconian when it's just me, |
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my wife and son watching MythTV. Why can't the ebuild be left on my |
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machine in some location so that the machine remains unaltered until I |
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decide it's worth dealing with? |
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Anyway, thanks for the info. |
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Cheers, |
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Mark |
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