Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2000 01:41:06 -0700 From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.osd.bsdi.com> To: announce@freebsd.org Subject: Notice: FreeBSD 3.5-RELEASE updated to 3.5.1-RELEASE Message-ID: <7189.964773666@localhost>
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This point release for 3.5 was aimed at pretty much one problem - the old and somewhat insecure version of kerberos shipped with 3.5. If you don't use kerberos, you can stick with 3.5-RELEASE and be perfectly fine, so this release is aimed squarely at the twin purposes of "putting the 3.x branch to bed" and allowing new 3.5.1 users who are also kerberos users to skip right over the security issues. CVS TAGS: Because of the relatively minor nature of this point release, it was done quietly and without much in the way of fanfare or even a tag. Tags are very expensive in CVS (they shouldn't be, but they are) and one was deemed unworth the overhead in this case. Anyone trying to reproduce 3.5.1 should simply build with the RELENG_3 tag given that changes to that branch have been extremely light since the re-roll and will produce results identical enough as not to matter. If you really must put your rifle sights over that exact part of the source tree, use -D "July 21, 2000" for your check-out. Again, 3.5.1-RELEASE is identical to 3.5 in virtually every respect except for kerberos being updated. The bits at ftp.freebsd.org have also been updated for both the FTP installation and ISO image bits. When 3.5-RELEASE ships from BSDi, it will also ship with the 3.5.1-RELEASE bits. Sorry for the point release guys but it was really nagging at me to put RELENG_3 to bed on a better note, and the CD bits getting delayed for other reasons gave me a chance to fix things before committing this release to more permanent archival media. - Jordan This is the moderated mailing list freebsd-announce. The list contains announcements of new FreeBSD capabilities, important events and project milestones. See also the FreeBSD Web pages at http://www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-announce" in the body of the message
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