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petterah
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 Posted: Sat Dec 02, 2006 8:10 pm Post subject: GLSA and kernel security issues |
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Hello fellow gentoo users. Im new to gentoo, and there are some things I don't quite understand. With GLSA, are the GLSA database updated and trusted? I usually run glsa-check -l affected and patch each line marked with [N] by using: emerge sys-apps/texinfo when the texinfo is affected or something like that. I'm not sure this is the best way to do it, but as far as i know, there are no glsa automatic way of upgrading the system when security issues arrive. I prefer to not track stable, with emerge -uD world, since this is my server.
The next question is about the kernel. I read this: http://www.secuobs.com/secumail/snsecumail/msg03662.shtml and did not find anything about kernel updates on glsa-check, or on one of the gentoo weekly news pages. I run 2.6.17-gentoo-r8 so this could be affected, right? Could someone please give me some advice on these issues. Thanks
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DocReedSolomon
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| Posted: Sun Dec 03, 2006 1:20 pm Post subject: Re: GLSA and kernel security issues |
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| petterah wrote: | but as far as i know, there are no glsa automatic way of upgrading the system when security issues arrive.
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run "glsa-check -h" and you will see (-f --fix : try to auto-apply this GLSA (experimental)
not (yet) implemented in glsa-check. see:
https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-507914-highlight-glsa+kernel.html |
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petterah
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| Posted: Sun Dec 10, 2006 11:34 am Post subject: Re: |
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| Ok, thank you for your information. |
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