On 2009-04-16 15:31 +0200, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > In <49e6e2e3.5040...@vandervlis.nl>, Paul van der Vlis wrote: >>Is there still security-support on e.g. the 2.6.26-1 kernel after the >>release of a 2.6.26-2 kernel? > > No. 2.6.26-2 the the current version of the kernel in stable. If you have > *any* issues on 2.6.26-1 you will be asked to upgrade and reproduce the error > there.
Additionally, 2.6.26-1 and 2.6.26-2 have been built from (different versions of) the same source package, and only one version of any source package is allowed to exist in stable. Thus, the 2.6.26-1 kernel is not available from stable, but it remains in stable-security. It will not be supported, though. > If it is a security issue, but not reproducable on 2.6.26-2 a DSA may go out, > but it will simply recommend upgrading to 2.6.26-2. If it is a security > issue > and reproducable, a patch will be developed, 2.6.26-3 or 2.6.26-2lenny1 will > be produced and a DSA will be issued recommending an upgrade to the new > package. To be more precise, the security-patched kernel will still be 2.6.26-2 since the -2 stands for the ABI version, not for the Debian revision. AIUI, kernel ABI changes are not allowed in stable-security as they introduce new packages; such changes only happen for a point release. Sven -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
