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Date:      Sun, 26 Oct 2003 12:24:56 -0500
From:      "Robert H. Perry" <rperry4@earthlink.net>
To:        Jeremy Faulkner <gldisater@gldis.ca>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: RELENG_4_8_0_RELEASE vs RELENG_4_8
Message-ID:  <3F9C0368.3000704@earthlink.net>
In-Reply-To: <20031026170149.GA86067@constans.gldis.ca>
References:  <3F9BFBBB.9060706@earthlink.net> <20031026170149.GA86067@constans.gldis.ca>

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Jeremy Faulkner wrote:

>On Sun, Oct 26, 2003 at 11:52:11AM -0500, Robert H. Perry wrote:
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>>I'm upgrading from 4.7 RELEASE and intended to build and install 4.8 
>>RELEASE.  It was recommended that I consider RELENG_4_8 because it 
>>contained some 13 security fixes.  I came across a CVS website 
>>indicating that the code was for security advisories  and other 
>>seriously critical fixes.   Does this mean that RELENG_4_8 does not have 
>>all of the code as RELEASE 4.8?  Is it any more or less stable?
>>
>>Thank you.
>>
>>Bob
>>    
>>
>
>RELENG_4_8 contains the same code as RELENG_4_8_0_RELEASE with the necessary
>changes to fix the security bugs that were discovered after 4.8 was Released.
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>  
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Thanks much for taking the time to respond Jeremy.

Bob



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