Re: [Cooker] Mdk8 kernel security upgrade notes

[Andrej Borsenkow]

Vincent Danen wrote:
> On Sat Sep 01, 2001 at 06:07:41AM +0200, guran wrote:
> 
> [...]
> 
> 
>>If the user is trained to visit Mdk's homepage for security notes, then all 
>>relevant information could be given there.
>>
> 
> So how do we train them?  I'd like to think I spend the time writing
> advisories and posting them on MandrakeForum and the updates pages as well as
> security-announce is for a good reason, but if people are missing out
> on these tools that have existed for a long time, then I'm at a loss
> as to how to educate them.
> 
> Suggestions are welcome.
> 

In old 7.2 times MandrakeUpdate program showed you security advisory 
text (i.e. when you selected update you got the same text as on Web site 
or in security advisory). At least rpmdrake from 8.0 does not do it 
anymore (correct me if I am mistaken). You get just normal description 
from rpm -qi.


rpmdrake must show security advisory text for security updates. I would 
even go so far as to say, it should not allow installation unless user 
acknowledged that (s)he has read the text.

-andrej