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Old 09-20-2010, 05:13 AM   #1
Feanor
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Latest sudo updates


Hey fellow Slackers

This is my first post after many years of lurking - I have learned a lot from many of you in silence, and now ask for some direct help.
Thanks to those on this forum that "stay a-while and listen".

I am wondering about the latest sudo security updates on the official slackware site.

This is the second time I've come across the situation where the links to the official patches seem to be behind reality - for example the links to new sudo packages for Slack 11 (and other versions too) here: http://slackware.com/security/viewer...ecurity.603062

...don't work because the FTP archive seems to have moved on to later versions (-3), and of course the listed MD5 hash is obsolete because of this.

I've run into this before in the last few months for another package (though I've know forgotten what that was).

What does this mean in terms of Pat's release process? Is it simply a mistake or something I should get used to when multiple small fixes are made to a package?

-Feanor
 
Old 09-20-2010, 06:06 AM   #2
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Pat cocked-up the sudo package a couple of times and had to reissued it. Hence the '-3' build number. I guess he just forgot to update the links in the security announcement to reflect that.

I tend to keep an eye on the changelog rather than the security announcements as it tends to give a clearer view of what's going on.

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Old 09-21-2010, 02:57 AM   #3
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Hi GazL

Thanks for the Changelog tip.

It looks like the creation of the security announcement pages (and redo's) would be something worth automating (at least partially). I can imagine it would be very tedious making those by hand - even using templates of some sort. I wonder what the procedure is?

Anyway - onward to the updates!

Thanks again.

Feanor
 
  


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