Linux 2.2.1 released | Linux Today

Linux 2.2.1 released

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jan 28, 1999

This is the “Brown Paper Bag Release”, according to Linus
Torvalds.

Linus writes:

Subject: Linux-2.2.1 – the Brown Paper Bag release

The subject says it all. We did have a few paper-bag-inducing
bugs in 2.2.0, so there’s a 2.2.1 out there now, just a few days
after 2.2.0.

Oh, well. These things happen,

Linus

The bug Linus is talking about is the ldd core problem.

Download the latest kernel from your neighborhood kernel store.
-lt ed

Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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