Re: 2.4.3 : Are all 2.4.2-acXX patches included?

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Wed, 4 Apr 2001 12:09:07 +0100 (BST)


> i wonder if every ac-XX patch from the 2.4.2 Kernel is included in the new
> 2.4.3 kernel so that every bug in 2.4.2 has been fixed in 2.4.3 ?

about 30% by volume of 2.4.2ac is in 2.4.3. 2.4.3ac1 will give you the
2.4.2ac tree versus 2.4.3 and its about an 8Mb diff. That represents a mix
of stuff Linus apparently didnt want yet (eg the fixes for file size limits)
stuff I don't think is ready and stuff that I didnt send because Linus said
2.4.3pre was already 'too big'

Alan

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