Re: Latest Kernel Update

On 01/18/2018 02:13 PM, Robert McConnell via slackware wrote:
> On 01/18/2018 12:22 PM, Ed Fletcher via slackware wrote:
>> I got the notification email for the update to kernel 4.4.111 (to 
>> patch for Spectre and Meltdown) on the Slackware Security mailing list 
>> a couple of days ago.  Some errors got through in the email that are 
>> repeated on the Slackware Security Advisories website:
>>
>> http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2018&m=slackware-security.1191628 
>>
>>
>> For example:
>>
>> ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.2/patches/packages/patches/packages/linux-4.4.111/kernel-firmware-20180104_65b1c68-noarch-1.txz 
>>
>>
>> should be:
>>
>> ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.2/patches/packages/linux-4.4.111/kernel-firmware-20180104_65b1c68-noarch-1.txz 
>>
>>
>> The error is repeated in all patches for Slackware 14.2 and Slackware 
>> x86_64 14.2.  Easy enough to correct when downloading but it will 
>> likely confuse some users.
>>
>> I didn't know where to report this so I thought I'd send to this list 
>> and hope that whoever maintains the Security Advisories website will 
>> see it.
>>
>> Ed
> 
> This list is not very active these days. I believe the best place to put 
> this is the Slackware forums on Linux Questions.
> 
> <https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/slackware-14/>
> 
> Bob McConnell
> N2SPP
> 

Yes, this list is fairly quiet now.  But I figure there's still a large 
subscriber base.  I'll put this on Linux Questions also.  Thanks for the 
pointer.

Ed
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