Re: Patches on Older Versions

[Saad Kadhi <bsdguy@docisland.org>]

On Wed, 2002-06-26 at 17:56, Alex Kirk wrote:
> With the string of security fixes that have cropped up in the last few days, 
> I'm getting off my lazy @$$ and patching the hell out of my two servers. 
> When I tried to apply today's libc patch to my 2.9 box, though, make didn't 
> work, prompting me to think about the technicalities of patching older 
> systems with the newest work. 
> 
> Really, should I be patching a 2.9 machine with 3.1+ patches? 
2.9 is no longer maintained. The only provided patches I know of are
OpenSSH's. So move your lazy @$$ a little more and upgrade by any means
;p.

Cheers.
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