Security version case study
Tim Gardner
tcanonical at tpi.com
Wed Nov 19 14:55:08 UTC 2008
Stefan Bader wrote:
>
> Just to make it simpler for me, the step in between when respinning the
> current proposed...
>
> release: 2.6.27-7.14
> security: 2.6.27-9.18
> updates: 2.6.27-9.18
> proposed: 2.6.27-10.19
>
Good point. I'd forgotten that the new security kernel must also be
pocket copied to -updates since, by definition, it contains no other
changes then the CVE patches. That only holds true as long as we adhere
to the policy that all -security kernels are a strict superset of the
-updates kernel.
rtg
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