Re: question on bo-updates: found on ldso security update

1997-07-28 Thread Eloy A. Paris
Todd Harper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: : I would say that bo-updates is a holding tank for packages intended : to become part of Debian-1.3.2 when it gets released. Consider it : the "unstable" part of "stable" until the testing group gives those : packages its blessing. If you need/want any o

Re: question on bo-updates: found on ldso security update

1997-07-24 Thread Todd Harper
> > do not show up automatically with dselect. Apparently, bo-updates is > > not intended to be in the dselect tree unless the user incorporates it > > by hand? > >I've wondered about what exactly bo-updates is too, along with > if/when/how one should install these packages and/or integrate t

Re: question on bo-updates: found on ldso security update

1997-07-24 Thread Roderick Schertler
On Thu, 24 Jul 1997 11:49:15 -0400, Igor Grobman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > The packages in bo-updates are there for testing by everyone, namely > the testing group, [...] I'd be glad to help test these packages, but downloading and installing them by hand is a hassle (mainly given that I don'

Re: question on bo-updates: found on ldso security update

1997-07-24 Thread Igor Grobman
> I was notified this morning about the recent CIAC security announcment > on ld.so. I went to my Debian mirror and found that the fix was > already available under bo-updates directory. I *thought* that since > my system was up to date [i.e., v 1.3.1 + ] that I probably already > had the fix inc

Re: question on bo-updates: found on ldso security update

1997-07-24 Thread Randy Edwards
On Thu, 24 Jul 1997, James D. Freels wrote: > do not show up automatically with dselect. Apparently, bo-updates is > not intended to be in the dselect tree unless the user incorporates it > by hand? I've wondered about what exactly bo-updates is too, along with if/when/how one should install

question on bo-updates: found on ldso security update

1997-07-24 Thread James D. Freels
I was notified this morning about the recent CIAC security announcment on ld.so. I went to my Debian mirror and found that the fix was already available under bo-updates directory. I *thought* that since my system was up to date [i.e., v 1.3.1 + ] that I probably already had the fix incorporated.