Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2001 15:17:36 -0500 (CDT) From: Tim Zingelman <zingelman@fnal.gov> To: Jim Durham <durham@w2xo.pgh.pa.us> Cc: alexus <ml@db.nexgen.com>, erb <erb@cloud9.pain.net>, Josef Karthauser <joe@tao.org.uk>, Nuno Teixeira <nuno.mailinglists@pt-quorum.com>, <freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: RELEASE 4.3 -> RELENG_4_3: SUCCESSFULLY but ... Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.30.0108101446470.15733-100000@nova.fnal.gov> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0108101548090.95280-100000@w2xo.pgh.pa.us>
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On Fri, 10 Aug 2001, Jim Durham wrote: > The tag "RELENG_4_3" means that cvsup only incorporates security > fixes to the kernel. This is false. RELENG_4_3 includes critical security fixes in BOTH kernel and userland. It is NOT always safe to only rebuild your kernel if you are updating to RELENG_4_3. I cite as a reference this message from Kris Kennaway: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/freebsd-stable/message/39749 - Tim To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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