Subject: Re: [vserver] Create a new virtual on debian - some problem
From: ben@bristolwireless.net
Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2010 08:47:43 +0100
Tue, 20 Apr 2010 08:47:43 +0100
Quoting "Jeff Jansen" <jeff.jansen@kkoncepts.net>:

> ben@bristolwireless.net wrote on 2010-Apr-20:
>> I'd also like to point out that there's 2.6.32 Linux-Vserver kernels in the
>> backports.org repo now too, which are also good.
>
> I'd be interested to hear about the experiences of folks who are using the
> vserver kernel and util-vserver packages from backports.org.  Does it "solve"
> the problems that the standard lenny kernels have?
>
> Is backports tracked by the debian security team?  It looks like it  
> from here:
>
> http://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/status/release/stable-backports
>
> but I thought you were "on your own" for security in backports. :-)
>
> TIA
>
> Jeff Jansen
>
>

Backported 2.6.32 kernels work really well, they are more of less  
current patches and so much better than 2.6.26 from Lenny.

I made this page section for Sid which is also relevant if you want to  
use cgroups: http://tinyurl.com/y5nu9cf . You'd need to apply the  
patch for Lenny: http://tinyurl.com/y5642dw , or get a newer  
util-vserver somehow also (for cgroups, most other stuff works).

There is no backports.org version of util-vserver. I personal mainly  
use a slightly patched version of Lenny's util-vserver, or the one  
from repo.psand.net.

You aren't "on your own" with backports, the difference is that  
backports aren't managed in the same way. So far as I understand it,  
individual packages are maintained by people who aren't necessarily  
official Debian package maintainers. Most of them will release  
security updates when updated packages are available in Sid, but as  
you know fixes aren't gauranteed to be timely in Sid. Some backports  
maintainers will also patch independently of sid updates too.

Cheers,
==
 From Ben Green

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