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Linux 2.4.19 Released

Posted by michael on from the upgrade-and-sin-no-more dept.

Adrian Voinea writes "The latest stable Linux kernel (2.4.19) is out. The somewhat massive changelog has the details. The patch file is here and the full source is here. If possible use a mirror."

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  1. Re:Does dump work yet by macshit · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Wonder when Linus will get tired of "tar"? After all, its about as standard as "dump" is in any UNIX distribution. Maybe some file buffer cache change will render tar unusable, and we'll be told to use say.. dd? Or maybe cat.

    Um, do you understand the difference between dump and tar?

    Tar (and cpio, etc.), works via the normal user filesystem interface, which is very stable and well-defined. Dump, on the other hand, looks at the underlying disk, and so is extremely sensitive to changes in the way the filesystem works. As a result, it's not very robust (though it can be speedy).

    Linus's advice is very good. Hopefully dump will just go away altogether; its time has gone.

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