-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 The Monday 2008-02-11 at 11:35 -0600, Stevens wrote: ...
Also, from the opensuse-security announcement: "Please note that these update channels contain "beta" quality updates, so are not recommended for production use systems. Only use the kernel."
WTF does that mean? If I have a production machine, don't apply the fix?
You were reading the advance notice they gave on Monday, that they had a fixed kernel, would be testing it, and thus it was marked beta. On Tuesday they pushed the "real" update to the normal YOU update servers, which is the one you should normally be using for production. On the other hand, if you felt your machine was at risk for that exploit, and you estimate that the risk of the exploit is greater than the risk of using a bets kernel, then by all means, install it. It just a typical day admin decision ;-p P.S.: You can ask about security announces in the security list, too. - -- Cheers, Carlos E. R. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4-svn0 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFHsliPtTMYHG2NR9URAkfZAKCTVin58TiUOqKXFGMORvcuNGFayACfRIR6 aE77fRpgkOlU19c18Xbzvic= =Y8Ed -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org