Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2006 12:35:43 +0100 From: Erik Trulsson <erikt@update.uu.se> To: Andreas Davour <ante@Update.UU.SE> Cc: daniel <danstemporaryaccount@yahoo.ca>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Subject: Re: Upgrading to n-STABLE or RELENG_x Message-ID: <20060323113543.GA46324@owl.midgard.homeip.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0603231213360.9291@Psilocybe.Update.UU.SE> References: <200603221334.14500.danstemporaryaccount@yahoo.ca> <20060322184325.GA23900@xor.obsecurity.org> <Pine.LNX.4.64.0603222336570.29764@Psilocybe.Update.UU.SE> <20060323003359.GA42480@xor.obsecurity.org> <Pine.LNX.4.64.0603231213360.9291@Psilocybe.Update.UU.SE>
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On Thu, Mar 23, 2006 at 12:16:23PM +0100, Andreas Davour wrote: > On Wed, 22 Mar 2006, Kris Kennaway wrote: > > >On Wed, Mar 22, 2006 at 11:37:54PM +0100, Andreas Davour wrote: > >>On Wed, 22 Mar 2006, Kris Kennaway wrote: > >> > >>>On Wed, Mar 22, 2006 at 01:34:14PM -0500, daniel wrote: > >>>>FreeBSD will occasionally release security advisories detailing the > >>>>badness > >>>>surrounding a single package and will often include the following as the > >>>>solution: > >>>> > >>>> 1) Upgrade your vulnerable system to 4-STABLE, 5-STABLE, or 6-STABLE, > >>>> or to the RELENG_6_0, RELENG_5_4, RELENG_5_3, RELENG_4_11, or > >>>> RELENG_4_10 security branch dated after the correction date. > >>>> > >>>>What does this mean? And how do I do it? > >>> > >>>Both questions are answered in the handbook. > >> > >>They are, but why is 6-STABLE even mentioned since RELENG_6 is the cvs > >>tag? Or are there a 6-STABLE tag as well? > > > >They are different names for the same thing. > > Let me rephrase it. Is it not uneccesary to mention 6-STABLE, since > RELENG_6 is the same thing, and the only string you'll ever use when > doing the upgrade the advisory advice is in fact "RELENG_6"? If RELENG_6 had been mentioned in the quote above it would have been unnecessary to also mention 6-STABLE, but since RELENG_6 was not mentioned, it was not redundant to mention 6-STABLE. One could argue that RELENG_6 should be used *instead* of 6-STABLE, but that is another question. > > It seems redundant, as they are as you say just different names for the > same thing, but RELENG_6 is the only one actually used when cvsup'ing? > > Maybe freebsd-question is not the right forum for this discussion > anyway. If it relates to FreeBSD, and you are not sure which is the right place to ask a question, then freebsd-questions@ is the right place. (If it belongs elsewhere somebody will probably direct you there.) -- <Insert your favourite quote here.> Erik Trulsson ertr1013@student.uu.se
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