On Fri, 4 Apr 2003 08:14:25 -0500 stan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The last night, when I ran apt-get dist-upgrade, it updated my kernel > source package (2.4.20, of it matters). I'm _very_ puzzled, I thought that > the version number got bumped when a kernel was changed.
When you say "version number" you mean the kernel version as in "2.4.20", right? When you dist-upgrade you don't automatically get new kernel versions. A few days ago a local root exploit was discovered for all kernels. The maintainer put a new *revision* of the kernel source package in the archives. When you dist-upgrade, newer *revisions* of packages are installed to replace older ones. So you got the latest revision of the kernel source. That was A Good Thing. Kevin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
