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From: "Jacques A. Vidrine" <nectar@freebsd.org>
To: cjclark@alum.mit.edu
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Subject: Re: Binary Security Branch Patches
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On Tue, Mar 19, 2002 at 04:29:25PM -0800, Crist J. Clark wrote:
> Are there binary patches? Is the binary patch project alive? The lack
> of information about binary patches in security advisories leads me to
> believe if something does exist, it's not really ready for primetime
> yet?

That's right.  If you look at previous advisories that contain binary
patch information, you'll see it referred to as ``An experimental
upgrade package''.

We intend to continue creating binary patches, but we won't hold up
advisories until they are ready.  We will issue revisions to
advisories when they become available.

Cheers,
-- 
Jacques A. Vidrine <n@nectar.cc>                 http://www.nectar.cc/
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