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Re: linux [8.4.2]: update
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jonathon Weiss)
Mon Jun 12 23:51:56 2000
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From: Jonathon Weiss <jweiss@MIT.EDU>
To: Greg Hudson <ghudson@MIT.EDU>
cc: Jonathon Weiss <jweiss@MIT.EDU>, testers@MIT.EDU
In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 09 Jun 2000 11:28:55 EDT."
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Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2000 23:51:51 EDT
> > I updated my linux box from 8.4.1 to 8.4.2 it re-upgraded my kernel
> > (which you'll recall I backed out so my machine would boot off of
> > its scsi disk) despite the fact that there was no kernel upgrade
> > going from 8.4.1 to 8.4.2. Interestingly, it didn't re-add several
> > rpms that I manually removed after undating to 8.4.1.
>
> This is consistent with our update policy for private machines, but
> perhaps indicates that we have a bad policy.
Yeah, this feels like a falwed policy.
Jonathon
