Hello,
I haven't been following this group as closely as I'd like to, but
this thread caught my eye so I've been following it. Anyway my
comments are inline...
> So they MUST supply the precise means to rebuild exactly what they
> distribute with thier products. This means , to refer to your
earlier
> problem in reproducing and identicatl kernel, that they must supply
> the .config along with the kernel source code.
>
> They are also required to supply the source for busybox they
> distribute and the relevent config to build EXACTLY the binary they
> distribute.
>
> It is not sufficient to say "go get the source and fiddle around
> until you hit on a config that works about the same".
If I misunderstood the problem/fix then please correct me. But to my
understanding the problem was not that the source code and config file
needed to be modified, it was the Linux distro being used had a newer
version of glibc which previously had not been used/tested and
resulted in uncovering a bug.
Please let me know if you feel the source code we are distributing is
not up to date and I can do a diff against our CVS to check this...
> None of this would be particularly hard to conform to nor would it
> disclose any trade secrets. It may however result in a lot less
> wasted time and frustration for thier customers. This would be good
> for everyone. It would reduce thier support overhead, improve
> customer relations, thier image and promote sales and confidence in
> their products.
I agree assuming there is source code being distributed that is old,
although I don't believe this is the case. It would be great if you
put as much time into actually reading threads as you do into making
legal threats...
<Rant>
It's kind of interesting how you can easily spot the negative
individuals on this list. It's as if they must post something negative
criticizing someone regardless if there is any truth behind it or not.
A word of advice, the world is not conspiring against you. People
aren't out to get you, relax and remember the old saying.
"You'll catch more bees with honey than vinegar"
</Rant>
> It would appear that there are some significant gaps in what is
> currently provided. Hopefully this can be improved to fully conform
> to GPL requirements.
Are you expierencing any problems building any sources provide by TS?
Other than reading another post and misinterpreting it do you have any
reason to believe TS is not providing up to date source code?
PS I apologize for any negative comments in this post they are my own
personal opinion and not that of Technologic Systems. This posts seems
to have struck a nerve of mine...
http://xkcd.com/386/ ;)
//Eddie
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