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On 12/13/23 10:33, Greg Wooledge wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 13, 2023 at 04:13:44PM +0100, tomas@tuxteam.de wrote:
>> On Wed, Dec 13, 2023 at 10:10:37AM -0500, Greg Wooledge wrote:
>>> On Wed, Dec 13, 2023 at 09:56:46AM -0500, Stefan Monnier wrote:
>>>> If so, then IIUC the answer is a resounding "YES, it is safe!".
>>>> It just may be unusable, so you may have to downgrade to 6.1.0-13 until
>>>> the problem is fixed.
>>>>
>>>> That's a very different issue from the ext4 corruption problem in
>>>> 6.1.0-14 which can eat your data.
>>> Safety is subjective.  A great deal will depend on what kind of system
>>> is being upgraded.  If it's a remote server to which you have limited
>>> or no physical access, booting a kernel that may "just be unusable"
>>> (enough to prevent editing GRUB menus and rebooting) could be a disaster.
>> ...but that one most probably won't be attached via a Broadcom to the 'net.
>>
>> Who knows, though :)
> My superficial understanding, after skimming through the bug report,
> is that problems could be triggered just by *loading* one of the
> affected wifi driver modules.  This would happen for any machine that
> has one of the "right" kinds of wifi hardware, even if that hardware
> isn't actively being used.  (Not just Broadcom either; at least one
> person reported an issue with Realtek.)
>
> Perhaps I'm reading it incorrectly, but I still feel it's wise to wait
> a little while and see if any more problems pop up, if stability is
> important to you.  I also salute the courage of those who've tested
> these recent changes.  Thank you all.
>
BAH Humbug....

I updated/upgraded my amd64 on bookworms and it has not had any issues.

Chicken little syndrome?

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It's not easy to be me

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Is it safe to install Bookworm on a new machine now? "Rick Thomas" <rick.thomas@pobox.com> - 2023-12-13 03:10 +0100
  Re: Is it safe to install Bookworm on a new machine now? Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2023-12-13 03:30 +0100
    Re: Is it safe to install Bookworm on a new machine now? "Rick Thomas" <rick.thomas@pobox.com> - 2023-12-13 04:00 +0100
      The bug (was: Is it safe to install Bookworm on a new machine now?) Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2023-12-13 05:10 +0100
        Re: The bug (was: Is it safe to install Bookworm on a new machine  now?) David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2023-12-13 05:50 +0100
          Re: The bug (was: Is it safe to install Bookworm on a new machine  now?) <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2023-12-13 06:40 +0100
            Re: The bug (was: Is it safe to install Bookworm on a new machine  now?) Geert Stappers <stappers@stappers.nl> - 2023-12-13 07:30 +0100
              Re: The bug John Crawley <john@bunsenlabs.org> - 2023-12-13 08:40 +0100
                Re: The bug Michael Kjörling <2695bd53d63c@ewoof.net> - 2023-12-13 14:50 +0100
            Re: The bug Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2023-12-13 16:00 +0100
              Re: The bug <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2023-12-13 16:20 +0100
                Re: The bug Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2023-12-13 16:40 +0100
                Re: The bug Pocket <pocket@columbus.rr.com> - 2023-12-13 17:50 +0100
                Re: The bug <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2023-12-14 06:50 +0100
                Re: The bug Kevin Price <kp@osnanet.de> - 2023-12-14 22:30 +0100
                Re: The bug Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2023-12-15 15:50 +0100
                Re: The bug Kevin Price <kp@osnanet.de> - 2023-12-15 16:20 +0100
              Re: The bug Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2023-12-13 16:20 +0100
                Re: The bug Tixy <tixy@yxit.co.uk> - 2023-12-13 18:10 +0100
          Re: The bug (was: Is it safe to install Bookworm on a new machine now?) "Gareth Evans" <donotspam@fastmail.fm> - 2023-12-13 06:40 +0100
  Re: Is it safe to install Bookworm on a new machine now? Kevin Price <kp@osnanet.de> - 2023-12-14 18:50 +0100
    Re: Is it safe to install Bookworm on a new machine now? John Crawley <john@bunsenlabs.org> - 2023-12-15 05:40 +0100
      Re: Is it safe to install Bookworm on a new machine now? John Crawley <john@bunsenlabs.org> - 2023-12-16 02:10 +0100

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