From: Alexander Holler <holler@ahsoftware.de>
To: Justin Piszcz <jpiszcz@lucidpixels.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Kernel version not updated on http://www.kernel.org/kdist/finger_banner
Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2011 19:29:56 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4ED3D324.2040305@ahsoftware.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAO9zADy0MSVtMVaKTBAnn7-QmHTrcW2abgBKTRcvdJme-HjjAg@mail.gmail.com>
Am 07.11.2011 15:44, schrieb Justin Piszcz:
> Hello,
>
> Recently I see http://www.kernel.org/ now shows 3.1 as the latest
> mainline kernel version (it was 3.1-rcX) a few days ago if I recall
> even though 3.1 was released last month.
> However, as stated on the homepage, for those who use this in scripts
> and such, the latest version is still 3.1-rc4:
>
> Aug 21, 2003: Please don't use finger.kernel.org for any sort of
> automatic monitoring. The number of automatic bots hitting this port
> is causing the finger daemon to shut down more often than not. The
> same information is available from
> http://www.kernel.org/kdist/finger_banner.
Just a reply as reminder for the admins. ;)
I've used that (currently broken) finger_banner too to check the latest
version.
Regards,
Alexander
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2011-11-07 14:44 Kernel version not updated on http://www.kernel.org/kdist/finger_banner Justin Piszcz
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