Hi, On 2012-03-02 05:11:58 +0000, Ben Hutchings wrote: > I'm therefore intending to warn about this with the following NEWS > entry in the linux-image metapackages: > > Index: debian/linux-image.NEWS > =================================================================== > --- debian/linux-image.NEWS (revision 18757) > +++ debian/linux-image.NEWS (working copy) > @@ -1,3 +1,18 @@ > +linux-latest (44) unstable; urgency=low > + > + * The new kernel version includes security restrictions on links, which > + are enabled by default. These are specified in > + Documentation/sysctl/fs.txt in the linux-doc-3.2 and linux-source-3.2 > + packages. > + > + These restrictions may cause some legitimate programs to fail. > + In particular, if the 'at' package is installed, you should either: > + - Upgrade it to at least version 3.1.13-1 (or a backport of that) > + or: > + - Set sysctl fs.protected_hardlinks=0 (see /etc/sysctl.conf) > + > + -- Ben Hutchings <b...@decadent.org.uk> Fri, 02 Mar 2012 04:58:24 +0000 > + > linux-latest-2.6 (26) unstable; urgency=low > > * The old IDE (PATA) drivers are no longer developed. Most PATA > --- END --- > > (Why in the metapackages, you ask? Because apt-listchanges shows NEWS > from upgraded packages, not new packages.)
I didn't see anything! (I noticed the change thanks to a diff on "sysctl -a" output, otherwise I wouldn't be aware of it.) > Does anyone have a better idea how to do this? Know about other > packages that are affected? There seems to be something wrong. The upgrade was done via linux-image-amd64 3.2+44 (from source linux-latest 44), and /usr/share/doc/linux-image-amd64/NEWS.Debian.gz just contains: linux-latest-2.6 (26) unstable; urgency=low [...] -- Ben Hutchings <b...@decadent.org.uk> Tue, 04 May 2010 02:10:04 +0100 -- Vincent Lefèvre <vinc...@vinc17.net> - Web: <http://www.vinc17.net/> 100% accessible validated (X)HTML - Blog: <http://www.vinc17.net/blog/> Work: CR INRIA - computer arithmetic / AriC project (LIP, ENS-Lyon) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120308111928.gc3...@xvii.vinc17.org