Lots of stable kernel updates
Ok, I've been slacking on the -stable front for a bit here, and didn't realize how far behind I've gotten. Everyone has been sending patches in, which is great, but now we are facing a HUGE 114 patch release." As a way of making life easier for reviewers, he split those patches into several distinct chunks, each of which has now come out as a stable release. So we have 2.6.23.2 (core kernel changes), 2.6.23.3 (architecture-specific fixes), 2.6.23.4 (networking), 2.6.23.5 (network drivers), 2.6.23.6 (other drivers), 2.6.23.7 (filesystems), and 2.6.23.8 (security fixes - but note that there are security-related fixes in the other updates too).
For good measure, 2.6.22.13 was also
released with (only) security fixes.
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Lots of stable kernel updates
Just to be clear, here: if I were to apply 2.6.22.13, would I get the cumulative effects of
the rest? Or am I going to have to apply all of them?
Lots of stable kernel updates
The others are updates to 2.6.23
Lots of stable kernel updates
Oh, right. Geez, what is wrong with me today? Don't answer that. :-)
I would have preferred that the first patch to be applied (2.6.23.2) would be the security fixes, particularly because he describes them as "serious" security fixes.
Security last?
Security last?
I suspect your best strategy in that case would be to apply the 2.6.22.16 patch (to a 2.6.22.*
base) first; then apply any 2.6.23 patch to that.
However you might have to resolve some collisions yourself in that case.
JimD
Security last?
>I would have preferred that the first patch to be applied (2.6.23.2) would be the security
fixes, particularly because he describes them as "serious" security fixes.
Well, can't you see the scheme? Obviously, putting the security patches last makes everyone
upgrade to 2.6.23.8, and not "something" with 2 <= x <= 8.
Lots of stable kernel updates
This is not very clear. Am I safe with applying .8 only? The security fixes look critical.
Lots of stable kernel updates
2.6.23.8 is the latest 2.6.23-stable and incorporates all the earlier
ones, so yes.