On Thu, Dec 15, 2005 at 05:15:42PM +0000, Steve Kemp wrote: > On Thu, Dec 15, 2005 at 09:55:37AM -0700, dann frazier wrote: > > hey, > > I'd like to announce our intent to proceed with rev'ing the ABI for the > > "sarge2" set of kernel security updates that the kernel team is currently > > preparing. There are at least 3 outstanding security issues[1] that > > would trigger an ABI change, two of which have been known since before > > r0. > > > > As far as I can tell, an ABI change only breaks d-i if it is > > incorporated into a point release - updates to security.debian.org > > should be safe. We should therefore be able to move forward without > > impacting d-i, and begin work on the d-i update as soon as the security > > update is released. If I misunderstand, and we need synchronization at > > an earlier stage, please let me know. > > How does this impact (if at all) on packages in Sarge which build > against the kernel? > > (I'm primarily thinking of the packages which use module-assistant.) > > If this is a non-issue great, but I admit I'm pretty ignorant when > it comes to such issues.
module-assistant self built modules should be ok, but all packages which build binary module for some/all official kernel flavours (like mol-modules for example) will have to be rebuilt. Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
