From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jun 13 07:57:08 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1F7A416A4D1 for ; Sun, 13 Jun 2004 07:57:08 +0000 (GMT) Received: from regina.plastikos.com (216-107-106-250.wan.networktel.net [216.107.106.250]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5CD4043D4C for ; Sun, 13 Jun 2004 07:57:07 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from fullermd@over-yonder.net) Received: from mortis.over-yonder.net (adsl-19-150-219.jan.bellsouth.net [68.19.150.219]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by regina.plastikos.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1977A6EEB9; Sun, 13 Jun 2004 03:55:24 -0400 (EDT) Received: by mortis.over-yonder.net (Postfix, from userid 100) id 054F520F22; Sun, 13 Jun 2004 02:55:21 -0500 (CDT) Date: Sun, 13 Jun 2004 02:55:21 -0500 From: "Matthew D. Fuller" To: Haim Ashkenazi Message-ID: <20040613075521.GA15566@over-yonder.net> References: <40CB2BC2.4070201@mac.com> <40CBAC5A.4050507@meijome.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-Editor: vi X-OS: FreeBSD User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i-fullermd.2 cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: keeping my freebsd secure... X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 13 Jun 2004 07:57:08 -0000 On Sun, Jun 13, 2004 at 10:30:39AM +0300 I heard the voice of Haim Ashkenazi, and lo! it spake thus: > > does the -STABLE branch on the ports offer all the security fixes > (the example file use -CURRENT)? I remember reading somewhere that > the -CURRENT ports are not guaranteed to compile under stable > system. There are no branches of the ports tree. Some ports have some conditionalization on the OS version, but they're the same ports. -- Matthew Fuller (MF4839) | fullermd@over-yonder.net Systems/Network Administrator | http://www.over-yonder.net/~fullermd/ "The only reason I'm burning my candle at both ends, is because I haven't figured out how to light the middle yet"