From: Martin Schulze <joey@infodrom.org> To: Debian Announcements <debian-announce@lists.debian.org> Subject: Debian GNU/Linux 2.2r5 released Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2002 11:04:19 +0100 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Debian Project http://www.debian.org/ Debian GNU/Linux 2.2r5 released press@debian.org January 10th, 2002 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ This is the fifth revision of Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 (codename `potato') which mainly adds security updates to the stable release, along with a few corrections of serious bugs. Those who frequently update from security.debian.org won't have to update many packages. Upgrading to this revision online is usually done by pointing the `apt' package tool (see the sources.list(5) manual page) to one of Debian's many FTP or HTTP mirrors. A comprehensive list is available at: <http://www.debian.org/distrib/ftplist> Security Updates ---------------- This revision adds the following security updates to the release. The Security Team has already released an advisory for each of these updates. Debian Security Advisory ID Package(s) DSA 020 PHP4 DSA 023 INN2 DSA 067 Apache DSA 070 telnetd DSA 073 IMP DSA 086 ssh-nonfree DSA 087 wu-ftpd DSA 090 xtel DSA 091 OpenSSH DSA 093 Postfix DSA 094 Mailman DSA 095 GPM DSA 096 Mutt DSA 097 Exim DSA 098 libgtop Miscellaneous Bugfixes ---------------------- bwbasic Package was unusable due to library interactions catsboot Important addition for ARM systems dtaus Switch to Euro as currency freewnn Important bugfix groff Correction against last version which broke things kernel-image 2.2.19 for ARM, 2.2.20 for Sparc modconf Fix security race nedit This is free software now postgresql Prevent data loss xxgdb Important bugfix Removed Packages ---------------- gpg-rsaref Patent expired, functionality provided by GnuPG gpg-rsa Patent expired, functionality provided by GnuPG gpg-idea License infringement The complete list of all accepted and rejected packages together with rationale is on the preparation page for this revision: <http://people.debian.org/~joey/2.2r5/> URLs ---- The complete lists of packages that have changed with this release: <http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/Debian2.2r5/ChangeLog> <http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US/dists/Debian2.2r5/non-US/ChangeLog> The current stable distribution: <ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/stable> <ftp://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US/dists/stable> Proposed updates to the stable distribution: <ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/proposed-updates> <ftp://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US/dists/proposed-updates> Stable distribution information (release notes, errata etc.): <http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/> Security announcements and information: <http://security.debian.org/> About Debian ------------ The Debian Project is an organization of free software developers who volunteer their time and effort in order to produce the completely free operating systems Debian GNU/Linux and Debian GNU/Hurd. Contact Information ------------------- For further information, please visit the Debian web pages at <http://www.debian.org/> or send mail to <press@debian.org>. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-announce-request@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org