vulnerability of Linux

[John Summerfied]

Christofer C. Bell wrote:
> On 11/29/05, John Summerfied <debian at herakles.homelinux.org> wrote:
> 
>>Christofer C. Bell wrote:
>>
>>>I've been running yum auto-update since it was introduced in Fedora
>>>Core 3 and never had any issues.
>>
>>Your lack of problems means nothing, faced with the fact that many have
>>had problems with FC3, including broken 2.6.11 kernels that would not
>>shut down (my case) or would not boot (others) because of problems with USB.
> 
> 
> Your problems mean nothing, faced with the fact that hundreds of
> thousands of people have had no problems with FC3, including stable
> 2.6.11 kernels that shutdown when asked (my case) or boot successfully
> (others) due to the lack of problems with USB.
> 
> (Fixed for you).
> 
> It's ok that a few folks have issues, that's to be expected.  

Unless you _know_ beforehand that your system won't be one that gets 
broken, ...

I'm not often "one of the few," but I'm alert to the possibility I may be.



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