Re: [RHSA-2003:088-01] New kernel 2.2 packages fix vulnerabilities

[Etaoin Shrdlu <shrdlu () deaddrop org>]

Alexander Bartolich wrote:
> John.Airey () rnib org uk wrote:
> > [...] I choose other distro's that doesn't expire their products as soon
> as the
> > next best thing has arrived.
> > [...] I have a Solaris 2.6 box (even if 9 is out already, and can be
> downloaded
> > for free for that matter) just because it is not possible to upgrade those
> machines.
>
> http://www.sun.com.au/support/eosl/
>
> Bad example. Regular Support for 2.6 ended 7/2002.

Sure, but you can still get patches for it. In fact, Sun is still issuing
patches for 2.5.1, and as my memory serves, that came out in 95 or 96.

http://sunsolve.Sun.COM/pub-cgi/show.pl?target=patchpage

Jeeze, they only stopped supporting SunOS a couple of years ago (and I
still have the last full set of patches for 4.1.4). End of regular support
is not the same as end of life (which happened to solaris 2.4 a while
back). Red Hat is out of line (but then I only use Slackware, so what do I
care).

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