On Samstag, 31. März 2007, b.n. wrote: > Hemmann, Volker Armin ha scritto: > > besides critical bug fixes, security fixes and driver updates? > > > > IMHO masking never kernels is a really bad idea. > > Why?
because of: - filesystem bugs (2.6.17 and XFS for example) - security problems (local and remote holes). In almost every kernel release a security problem is found, that is fixed in a stable release. > I upgrade my kernel once in a blue moon -that is, when I need to > because of new features I need, because of incompatibility with current > system (i.e. upgrade to udev) or just because I need to recompile to > enable/disable something and, since I'm recompiling anyway, I also > upgrade.(note that I don't use genkernel) and between that blue moons, your box is wide open to attacks. > > Otherwise, I personally don't bother. If my kernel currently serves me > well and there is nothing new I really need, why having to recompile, > with the risk to make a mess? Which risk? Which mess? There is not a risk, if you use oldconfig. But there is a big risk in security holes. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
