On Sonntag, 1. April 2007, b.n. wrote: > Hemmann, Volker Armin ha scritto: > > In almost every kernel release a security problem is found, that is fixed > > in a stable release. > > Stable release? AFAIK, *all* 2.6.x releases are stable releases.
No, they aren't. There are the 'normal' releases (for example 2.6.20) and the 'stable' releases which fix important bugs and security holes (like, for example 2.6.20.2). > The > days of double trees (2.4.x and 2.5.x) are gone. Today we have at least 4 trees. Linus. Morton. The 'stable releases' (2.6.XY.Z) Bunk's 2.6.16.XY > > Which risk? Which mess? There is not a risk, if you use oldconfig. > > oldconfig doesn't always work well between major releases (2.6.x vs > 2.6.x+1). > I works like a charm for me.... -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
