Re: [Security-Discuss] Mandrake prevent sec kernel updates

On Feb 23, 2005, at 3:15, FACORAT Fabrice wrote:

> Le Mardi 22 Février 2005 22:55, Juergen Holm a écrit :
>> The subject is a little bit provocant. Sorry, but it's true:
>>
>> I'am using madwifi (via free download available, eg.
>> http://atrpms.net/dist/fc2/madwifi/ for fedora src.rpms or on
>> sourceforge, patches for 2.6.8.x from
>> http://users.informatik.haw-hamburg.de/~gropp_v/madwifi-2.6.8_and_- 
>> mm-04082
>> 1.patch.bz2) and the wpa_supplicant (free download, eg
>> http://hostap.epitest.fi/wpa_supplicant/).
>>
>> A kernelupdate isn't possible, because there is no kernelmodule for  
>> the
>> latest 2.6 kernel of MD 10.1, nor the source rpm for a rebuild.
>> The club page (http://www.mandrakeclub.com/article.php?sid=2458)  
>> states:
>>
>>   	NB : Source RPMs are not available for obvious legal reasons
>>
>> Nothing is obvious for madwifi, see above links!
>> Why isn't there a src.rpm on the club, or at least a spec-file with
>> download links?
>> I am silver clubmember.
>
> ask for a dkms package for madwifi

Likewise talk to Club (ie. webmaster-7Aj/b8uzpy4f/[email protected]).  There's  
absolutely nothing that we can do about Club packages.

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