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On 19 Jan 2016 12:58, "Nico Kadel-Garcia" <<a href="mailto:nkadel@gmail.com">nkadel@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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> On Tue, Jan 19, 2016 at 3:57 AM, <<a href="mailto:gayathri.madda@wipro.com">gayathri.madda@wipro.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> > Hi Team,<br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> > As there was no official Linux kernel RPM (version 3.18.22) for CentOS 7<br>
> > in any of their distribution versions, we have customized spec file for<br>
> > creating 3.18.22 kernel RPM for CentOS-7 Minimal version by taking 3.18.12<br>
> > kernel spec file<br>
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> I will warn you that kernel updates of a production grade operating<br>
> sytem like RHEL, upstream, takes one heck of a lot more testing than<br>
> just "use new tarball". It needs to run through quite a large<br>
> regression test suite, to make sure that old fixes and patches are<br>
> customizations are correctly applied, and it doesn't break anything<br>
> critical, and ideally that it provides a worthwhile upgrade.<br>
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<p dir="ltr">Not to mention that's still not the current LTS 3.18 release which is presently up to 3.18.25 ...</p>
<p dir="ltr">So just as last time you posted this I ask of you - how are you planning to maintain this? You are obviously not backporting anything given those instructions for use...</p>
<p dir="ltr">This can lead to critical security issues (for example see today's announcement of CVE-2016-0728) which would leave people vulnerable if using your spec and instructions.<br>
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