News: 0000831750

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Stable kernels 5.8.10, 5.4.66, and 4.19.146

([Kernel] Sep 17, 2020 16:05 UTC (Thu) (jake))


Greg Kroah-Hartman has announced the release of the [1]5.8.10 , [2]5.4.66 , and [3]4.19.146 stable kernels. They contain important fixes throughout the tree and users should upgrade.



[1] https://lwn.net/Articles/831751/

[2] https://lwn.net/Articles/831752/

[3] https://lwn.net/Articles/831753/

These also remove softscroll support

Removing widely-used functionality is downright stupid for a "stable" series patch.

These also remove softscroll support

Removing widely-used functionality is downright stupid for a "stable" series patch.

These also remove softscroll support

Most likely it is a quick-n-dirty attempt at patching some security hole (syzbot has tons of crashes related to fbcon).

These also remove softscroll support

Most likely it is a quick-n-dirty attempt at patching some security hole (syzbot has tons of crashes related to fbcon).

=== ALL USERS PLEASE NOTE ========================

JCL support as alternative to system menu.

In our continuing effort to support languages other than LISP on the CADDR,
we have developed an OS/360-compatible JCL. This can be used as an
alternative to the standard system menu. Type System J to get to a JCL
interactive read-execute-diagnose loop window. [Note that for 360
compatibility, all input lines are truncated to 80 characters.] This
window also maintains a mouse-sensitive display of critical job parameters
such as dataset allocation, core allocation, channels, etc. When a JCL
syntax error is detected or your job ABENDs, the window-oriented JCL
debugger is entered. The JCL debugger displays appropriate OS/360 error
messages (such as IEC703, "disk error") and allows you to dequeue your job.