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Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/4] char-TPM: Adjustments for ten function
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From: SF Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net>
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> Fixes is only for bug fixes.  These don't fix any bugs.

How do you distinguish these in questionable source code
from other error categories or software weaknesses?

Regards,
Markus