[OT Security PSA] Shellshock: Update your bash, now!

[Brad Roberts via Digitalmars-d-announce]

On 10/1/2014 10:44 AM, Dicebot via Digitalmars-d-announce wrote:
> On Wednesday, 1 October 2014 at 16:57:07 UTC, Kagamin wrote:
>> On Wednesday, 1 October 2014 at 15:45:26 UTC, eles wrote:
>>> The first thing that I love in Linux is the centralized update.
>>
>> The downside is it's taken down centrally too, while distributed
>> windows software continues to work independently of each other.
>>
>> On Wednesday, 1 October 2014 at 15:48:58 UTC, Dicebot wrote:
>>> This claim is so strange I can't even understand what it is about.
>>> Which repositories get abandoned?
>>
>> Repositories of the not latest version of the OS. Because only latest
>> version receives development. That is, if the OS doesn't have rolling
>> updates.
>
> This is simply telling lies, sorry. All distros that don't have rolling
> release model provide LTS versions that get all important updates
> (including security updates, of course) for years. For example Ubuntu
> LTS lasts for 4 years where one can count on fast updates.
>
> And even after that period your distro does not disappear magically, you
> are simply force to install necessary updates manually (as opposed to 1
> click / command update from repo), basically getting you back to Windows
> _default_ state of things.

And even if all of _that_ fails, the source is available for manual 
building.