Re: [suse-security] Kernel RPMs
I just like to congratulate Roman, Hubert and SuSE for a job well done. I have just applied the kernel update rpms to a couple of my machines including my Toshiba Notebook, which if anything was going to have problems, it would have, and everything went perfectly smoothly. I didn't even have to do a --force etc Note: I am actually running self compiled 2.4.4 kernels on all boxes, so I would not have been surprised to have something complain. As some of you may have noticed, Roman's email had a timestamp of "Date: Sat, 12 May 2001 06:32:57 +0200 (MEST)" It is this level of dedication that SuSE should be praised for, and is the reason why I recommend SuSE Linux to anyone I meet. Roman, (unlike some previous announcements) your email had a step by step installation procedure taking into account several different possibilities. This i great, and it's exactly this level of attention to detail that puts SuSE linux above any other OS that I had the misfortune to have to use. (Including some "other" Linux distros that exhibit almost as many unexplainable quirks as the Microsoft world.) Many Thanks --- Nix - nix@susesecurity.com http://www.susesecurity.com
I just like to congratulate Roman, Hubert and SuSE for a job well done.
I have just applied the kernel update rpms to a couple of my machines including my Toshiba Notebook, which if anything was going to have problems, it would have, and everything went perfectly smoothly. I didn't even have to do a --force etc Note: I am actually running self compiled 2.4.4 kernels on all boxes, so I would not have been surprised to have something complain. As some of you may have noticed, Roman's email had a timestamp of "Date: Sat, 12 May 2001 06:32:57 +0200 (MEST)" It is this level of dedication that SuSE should be praised for, and is the reason why I recommend SuSE Linux to anyone I meet.
Thank you for the flowers. We do what we can. Sun May 13 21:27:58 MEST 2001 (not a bit better... :-) This kernel update has been giving us a headache for weeks now, and we'd like to get rid of it. Unfortunately, in the kernel business, each day has a few new gifts for you: Fixes and bugs. The more fixes for bugs you have, the more lucky you are, even more if you don't even know the bugs. Sometimes I don't envy Hubert for his job, especially not if I haunt him with security updates (Sur Mandir is an Indish restaurant...). 2.2.19-SuSE is probably the best kernel we have after 2.0.38, and I start having a good feeling about this update. It's not just an xntpd package with a buffer overflow fixed, it's the most basic part of the system - reason enough to give us a headache.
Roman, (unlike some previous announcements) your email had a step by step installation procedure taking into account several different possibilities. This i great, and it's exactly this level of attention to detail that puts SuSE linux above any other OS that I had the misfortune to have to use. (Including some "other" Linux distros that exhibit almost as many unexplainable quirks as the Microsoft world.)
It was the draft. I hope to have the "real" announcement out by Monday noon, expecting to have some feedback about the installation procedure from you guys. Many thanks for those who have reported how it was going.
Many Thanks
Too, Roman. -- - - | Roman Drahtmüller <draht@suse.de> "Caution: Cape does not | SuSE GmbH - Security enable user to fly." | Nürnberg, Germany (Batman Costume warning label) | - -
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