-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Greg Folkert wrote: > On Thu, 2006-07-13 at 14:01 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> >> The latest 2.6.16 version is 2.6.16.24, which was released on >> 2006-07-06. linux-source-2.6.16 v2.6.16-16 is timestamped 2006-07-08. >> >> $ apt-cache policy linux-source-2.6.16 >> linux-source-2.6.16: >> Installed: 2.6.16-16 >> Candidate: 2.6.16-16 >> Version table: >> *** 2.6.16-16 0 >> 500 ftp://mirrors.kernel.org unstable/main Packages >> 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status > > You aren't asking the right question here. > > There isn't much correlation to 2.6.16-16 for a Debian Kernel as > compared to a sub-minor like 2.6.16.24. At least as much as I can tell > from the Debian Kernel list and Commits being done on costa.d.o. > > The Debian Kernel has significant patches applied to it that fix a > "certain number" of problems or features misbehaviors, then the > <Ethereal Gods in charge of the Debian Kernel Team> decide to issue an > epoch or incremental. There are changelogs you can get to see where > everything comes along from.
Thanks. I looked in the 2.6.16-16 changelog.Debian.gz and see that it mentions "Add stable release 2.6.16.21". So, this kernel is vulnerable to the local root exploit that bit gluck? - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA Is "common sense" really valid? For example, it is "common sense" to white-power racists that whites are superior to blacks, and that those with brown skins are mud people. However, that "common sense" is obviously wrong. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFEtq9lS9HxQb37XmcRAsdBAJ0YUkWF0vq85RquQR1jItojiyfLUQCfTpdj kLjmLHp7FzYyOZlU28p3H6U= =fpN6 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
