On Mon, 11 Dec 2000, Frédéric L . W . Meunier wrote:
> > I disagree with the patch. The bug is in printk
>
> No problem. So, it's a bug report instead. I have no clues, and just
> thought it'd be a fix :)
>
> Not sure if 2.2.17 reported the double %% from syslog. I usually look
> at my dmesg.
If it matters, I have vague recollections that the double %%
was added to prevent klogd from segfaulting. Since everyone
has fixed their klogd's because that bug was actually (probably)
an exploitable security hole, all should be well, right?
Matthew.
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