Re: kernel security patches

Carla Schroder wrote:

>I'm so confused. :) And feeling like a bit of a dunce, after all these years 
>of using Linux. How do distributions handle applying kernel security patches? 
>Like Debian and Red Hat? None of my machines have kernel sources. I use 
>up2date on Red Hat boxes, and of course have the usual security sources in my 
>Debian sources.list. So are my kernels getting updated or not?
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I always thought that a kernel was built with the security patches and 
you download the new kernel and upgrade your current kernel package...