From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Dec 8 07:33:22 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id HAA14608 for hackers-outgoing; Mon, 8 Dec 1997 07:33:22 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers) Received: from fallout.campusview.indiana.edu (fallout.campusview.indiana.edu [149.159.1.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id HAA14569; Mon, 8 Dec 1997 07:33:06 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jfieber@indiana.edu) Received: from localhost (jfieber@localhost) by fallout.campusview.indiana.edu (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id KAA21956; Mon, 8 Dec 1997 10:32:41 -0500 (EST) Date: Mon, 8 Dec 1997 10:32:40 -0500 (EST) From: John Fieber To: Thomas Gellekum cc: "David E. Cross" , "Jordan K. Hubbard" , Andrew Stesin , freebsd-hackers@freefall.FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: F00F patch problems for 2.2.5-RELEASE (incomplete patch.) In-Reply-To: <871zzn50dl.fsf@ghpc6.ihf.rwth-aachen.de> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On 8 Dec 1997, Thomas Gellekum wrote: > "David E. Cross" writes: > > > Yes, I would like to know how to see what the changelogs are for each > > version of a file... I know it is possible, I have seen excerpts posted > > from them here occasionally. > > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweg.cgi > > If you have the CVS repository on your disk simply use `cvs log'. This is great for individual files, but things like the "FOOF fix" are often not represented in a single file, or even in a single commit. Identifying the relevant changes for things like this can only be done by (a) the person who committs the changes or (b) very close observers of the commit logs. Jill or Joe Casual User running a RELEASE, but wanting to keep up on security related fixes must rely on (a) or (b) providing complete and accurate information; cvsweb doesn't quite cut it and blindly upgrading to a stable kernel can have unpleasant surprises. -john