Date: Mon, 6 May 2002 14:52:06 +0400 (MSD) From: Dmitry Mottl <dima@sinp.msu.ru> To: Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Toomas Aas <toomas.aas@raad.tartu.ee>, <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: FreeBSD patch level Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.43.0205061448310.20553-100000@BigKing.sinp.msu.ru> In-Reply-To: <20020501120505.J75614@wantadilla.lemis.com>
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> >>> Yes, and how to get _not_ latest 4.4-RELEASE-pX ??? > >> > >> For that you would need to specify the date in supfile, but I don't > >> know the details since I have never done it. > >> > >> Why would you want a version *without* all the security fixes anyway? > > Just to understand what is 4.4-RELEASE-p9 or 4.4-RELEASE-p8 or > > 4.4-RELEASE-p7... > > There's no such thing. You're trying to apply Linux terminology to > FreeBSD. We don't "patch", we update. A RELEASE is just that, a > release, and so it stays the way it is. In the meantime, fixes get > applied to the STABLE branch in the CVS tree. This is all described > in the handbook. Ok This is taken from FreeBSD-SA-02:23.stdio (ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-02:23.stdio.asc) === V. Solution 1) Upgrade your vulnerable system to 4.5-STABLE; or to either of the RELENG_4_5 (4.5-RELEASE-p4) or RELENG_4_4 (4.4-RELEASE-p11) security branches dated after the respective correction dates. == As You saw, `4.4-RELEASE-p11' mentioned above... - Dmitry To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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