Jeff Waugh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'm using RHEL3, with RH's 4.0.1 versioned SRPM (which includes the local > root compromise fix).
Which I think answers another question I had, you compile your own? What compiler? I think RH patch their compilers, and libc, too, so I guess it's possible that an RHEL kernel might have a problem outside an RHEL environment. (well, anything is possible) > The patches applied when building on x86 add up to > about 5MB when bzipped - lots of changes. New drivers, patches from various > kernel trees, backported stuff like cryptoapi, etc. I'll put up the patch > some time, or point you to the Debian packages when they're done. I can wait, I've spent a bit of time going through spec files, trying to work out what patches to apply, and in what order. I don't really feel like upgrading anytime soon. > Probably because it's cool. Red Hat do an incredible job on the kernel (it > is a pretty ridiculous chunk of their engineering, really), so particularly > if you're using RHEL, there is *no sensible reason* to build a Linus kernel Linus kernels are odd, aren't they? 2.3 2.5 2.7 :) -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
