01-09-2018
AIX 6.1, POWER5 and Spectre/Meltdown
Apologies for this newbie question. We have inherited an IBM p5 520 (9111-520) running AIX 6.1.0.0 which seems to be the base install and no further patches installed.
Is this vulnerable to the Spectre/Meltdown threat?
Are patches available?
Looks like AIX 6.1.0.0 went 'end of support' in April last year so are there even patches available for this new threat and can I get them for free or does the system need subscribing to IBM at a cost?
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dh_quilt_unpatch
DH_QUILT_UNPATCH(1) Debhelper DH_QUILT_UNPATCH(1)
NAME
dh_quilt_unpatch - unapply patches listed in debian/patches/series
SYNOPSIS
dh_quilt_unpatch [debhelper options]
DESCRIPTION
dh_quilt_unpatch simply calls quilt pop -a after having set the environment variable QUILT_PATCHES to debian/patches. All patches listed
in debian/patches/series are then unapplied in the current directory. The command does not fail if the patches have already been unapplied.
You can use another directory instead of debian/patches by setting (and exporting) the environment variable QUILT_PATCH_DIR.
EXAMPLES
dh_quilt_unpatch is usually called indirectly in a rules file via the dh command.
%:
dh $@ --with quilt
It can also be direcly called in the clean rule.
clean:
dh_testdir
dh_testroot
[ ! -f Makefile ] || $(MAKE) clean
dh_quilt_unpatch
dh_clean
NOTES
This tool is useless if you use the source package format 3.0 (quilt). Consider switching to this source format if you haven't done it
yet.
SEE ALSO
debhelper(7), dh(1).
This program is meant to be used together with debhelper.
AUTHOR
Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
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