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>You could have a bug in a single binary at the kernel level, but instead of a tiny 1Kb diff patch you wait a year for a giant 1.2 GB vendor update that also co
by bitmapbrother 10y ago
>You could have a bug in a single binary at the kernel level, but instead of a tiny 1Kb diff patch you wait a year for a giant 1.2 GB vendor update that also contains a lot of other changes you have no interest in.
Security patches are not 1+ GB in size - no where close to it. You're referring to OS updates that completely replace the old OS.
- temac 10y agoSo there are security patches in Android? So the problem seems to be: some vendors seem not interested in distributing them... :/
- bitmapbrother 10y agoGoogle distributes patches each month to OEM's 1 month before they're released. Some OEM's merge them into their code base and create a patch while others don't really care.
- flukus 10y agoDoes android have a patch mechanism OEM's can use to distribute the patches or do they have to distribute a whole new image?