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From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
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To: Dave Jones <davej@codemonkey.org.uk>
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Subject: Re: Ptrace hole / Linux 2.2.25
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Dave Jones wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 27, 2003 at 08:47:27AM +0100, Pavel Machek wrote:
> 
>  > > and have it wget patches from k.o, verify signatures and auto-apply them,
>  > > which removes the "admin didnt even know there were patches
>  > > that needed to be applied" possibility.
>  > 
>  > That looks like ugly can of worms to me.
>  > "what kernel do you have?"
>  > "2.4.25 and it did two downloads; I was
>  > compiling it on the friday night"
> 
> So make one of the patches change extra-version to -errataN or the like.
> 

Basically what we're talking about now is someone to maintain an "errata
tree" -- someone to maintain sub-point releases (2.4.25.1, .2, etc.) and
to decide what those are.

The other option would be to have it called something like
2.4.25-ep36-ep42-ep96 if errata patches 36, 42 and 96 were applied.

I think sub-point releases are better, since it at least cuts down the
number of possible combinations.

	-hpa


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