[gentoo-kernel] [ANNOUNCE] genpatches-2.6.18-8 release

[gentoo-kernel] [ANNOUNCE] genpatches-2.6.18-8 release

[Daniel Drake]

This is an automated email announcing the release of genpatches-2.6.18-8


CHANGES SINCE 2.6.18-7
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Revision 784: 
backport r783: handle ext3 corruption better (dsd)
Added: 1900_ext3-dir-corruption.patch

Revision 785: 
this patch is not needed for 2.6.18 (dsd)
Deleted: 1500_ibmtr-memory-corruption.patch

Revision 786: 
fix some squashfs crashers (dsd)
Added: 4301_squashfs-fsfuzzer.patch

Revision 788: 
Fix a possible infinite loop in isofs (dsd)
Added: 1905_fs-buffers-infinite-loop.patch

Revision 790: 
Fix handling of corrupt cramfs blocks (dsd)
Added: 1910_cramfs-block-corruption.patch

Revision 791: 
Fix handling of corrupt HFS root inode (dsd)
Added: 1915_hfs-root-inode.patch

Revision 793: 
backport r792: Fix handling of corrupt ext2 directory size field (dsd)
Added: 1920_ext2-corrupt-dir-size.patch

Revision 794: 
2.6.18-8 release (dsd)


PATCHES
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When the website updates, the complete patch list and split-out patches will be
available here:
http://dev.gentoo.org/~dsd/genpatches/patches-2.6.18-8.htm
http://dev.gentoo.org/~dsd/genpatches/tarballs/genpatches-2.6.18-8.base.tar.bz2
http://dev.gentoo.org/~dsd/genpatches/tarballs/genpatches-2.6.18-8.extras.tar.bz2


ABOUT GENPATCHES
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genpatches is the patchset applied to some kernels available in Portage.

For more information, see the genpatches homepage:
http://dev.gentoo.org/~dsd/genpatches

For a simple example of how to use genpatches in your kernel ebuild, look at a
recent gentoo-sources-2.6.* ebuild.
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