On Thu, Mar 30, 2000 at 02:03:18PM -0500, Dave Reed wrote:
> No, you missed my point. They released an updated ircii (security
> problem) for 4.2, 5.2 and 6.2, but not 6.1. Now maybe the 6.2 RPM
> will work on a 6.1 system, but the announcement didn't say. My point
> is that many people are still running 6.1 (at least those who only buy
> version directly from RH or a local retailer). The only people who
> have 6.2 are those who downloaded it for free. So those of us who
> spend money that RH gets (either directly or from the retailer) have
> systems with a security problem.
They may have screwed up the announcement, hey typos and oversighs
happen, but my mirror of the updates directory very distinctly has an
ircii rpm for 6.1. Did you bother to check if an update existed even if
they failed to formally "announce" it?
] rebma:/export/mirrors/redhat# md5sum updates/6*/i386/ircii*
] e44491fe29858c1884196a0cd40fc60d updates/6.0/i386/ircii-4.4M-1.i386.rpm
] e44491fe29858c1884196a0cd40fc60d updates/6.1/i386/ircii-4.4M-1.i386.rpm
] e44491fe29858c1884196a0cd40fc60d updates/6.2/i386/ircii-4.4M-1.i386.rpm
It's even there for 6.0. Looks like all the 6.x updates are
identical on this one.
> <rest of reply snipped>
> Dave
Mike
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