On Sun, 5 Dec 2010 11:47:29 -0600 "Robert G. (Doc) Savage" <dsavage@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Sun, 2010-12-05 at 09:14 -0600, Ranjan Maitra wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I noticed that there is a new kernel out and I wanted to try patching > > it using ksplice. I have fedora-ksplice installed, and was wondering > > what I should do? I do use yum mostly for my installs and updates. > > Ranjan, > > Go to http://www.ksplice.com and download/install the ksplice-uptrack > rpm for whichever Fedora you have installed (F13 or F14). > > Note carefully that ksplice will automatically apply *their* current > patches to the kernel at boot-time, but it does NOT install the > corresponding kernel RPM. For this reason no auditing or configuration > management software (e.g. uname and rpm/yum) that is not ksplice-aware > will report your system is patched. > > --Doc Savage > Fairview Heights, IL > Hi Doc, THanks very much for your e-mail. It is very clear! Would you or someone else then clarify what the role of the fedora-ksplice (and the dependency ksplice) rpms are? Many thanks and best wishes, Ranjan -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
