[clug] Re-signing Debian Packages

[jm]

I'm getting around to reading the links referenced in the other email, 
but I'll respond to this one quickly as it gives an idea of the corner 
the devices are painted into. These are embedded Linux devices. These 
aren't, but you may think of them as Raspberry Pis. Replacing would 
involve considerable expense of sending a licensed tradesman to each 
location. This problem is a consequence of decisions and a lack of fore 
thought from before I joined the company. It may have been much more 
important at the time to get something fielded and then it was forgotten 
about. The error in this case is a mismatch between the life cycle of 
the distro and the life cycle of the device. I don't want to say too 
much on list, but that's the crux of it.

Jeff.

On 13/1/23 13:20, Ambrose Andrews via linux wrote:
> But I do have to wonder - is there some way the bits which absolutely 
> need to be running this old system can be broken out and run in a 
> virtualised environment so other important parts of the system can 
> still be supported by security and other updates?
>
>   -AA.
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