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Re:Grub2 security update renders system unbootable by fluential on Thursday July 30, 2020 @12:25PM (#24000001)
Rarely such updates are deployed into production without testing in non-prod envs
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Re:Grub2 security update renders system unbootable by MattGaiser on Thursday July 30, 2020 @12:45PM (#24000281)
But that is part of the resistance to updating. A whole pile of testing must be done again.
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Re:Grub2 security update renders system unbootable by tankenmate on Thursday July 30, 2020 @01:12PM (#24000604)
But the testing should be automated so that incremental changes are just that incremental. Stop the world massive changes are an anathema as it so much harder to pinpoint the breaking change.
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