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On Thu, 2013-09-26 at 14:22 -0700, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:

> So, I shouldn't apply this patch?  We should do something to fix this,
> if Debian has to drag this patch on for 5 years, that's an indication
> that this might be one solution we should use, right?

Ah sorry, dropped the ball on that one. Yes the patch is an acceptable
band-aid but somebody should work on a better solution :-)

Cheers,
Ben.