Re: insmod problem after modutils upgrading

From: Horst von Brand (vonbrand@inf.utfsm.cl)
Date: Thu Dec 14 2000 - 07:32:27 EST

Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> said:
> In-Reply-To: <4381.976745113@ocs3.ocs-net> from "Keith Owens" at Dec 14, 2000 0
> ***9:05:13 AM
> > previously because nobody used those options. Since these are bugs in
> > the modules and only a few modules are affected (less than 5 reported),
> > the fix is to correct the modules that have coding errors.

> That wont be happening in 2.2 until 2.2.19 which probably means 6 months.
> If this is your decision please make it abundantly clear that the new
> modutils are a 2.4 only package.

Why can't you make a fast 2.2.19 with _just_ safe bug fixes (as the fixing
of these module problems certainly is)? 

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