On Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 05:24:53PM +0000, Camaleón wrote: > On Wed, 29 Aug 2012 18:08:58 +0100, Tony van der Hoff wrote: > > > On 29/08/12 17:28, Camaleón wrote: > >> It does not matter that Lenny is out of support (formerly codenamed > >> "oldstable") because even the current stable release (Squeeze) neither > >> get kernel upgrades (for kernel upgrades I mean going from 2.6.26 to > >> 2.6.32 or 3.x branch, for instance). Kernel upgrades in Debian only > >> happen in testing (until becomes frozen) and sid. > >> > > Unless there's an upgrade to fix a security issue, I believe? > > Sure, that's what I said in an earlier post¹ ;-)
LOL, come on ... nice try though. Hey! we all make misteaks > But still security updates for the kernel keep the same branch > (2.6.32), they can't jump so far because of compatibility (ABI) issues. Huh? For a start, the fix is backported so that only the problematic code is corrected. Not all kernels are vulnerable to the same security fault, hence a vulnerability in a 3.x kernel doesn't mean that it affects kernels in the 2.6.26 - 2.6.32 range. > ¹http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2012/08/msg01890.html No mention about security support in that post either ..., or was it in another thread? -- "If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing." --- Malcolm X -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120903085816.GF25171@tal
