Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2014 22:30:02 GMT From: Allan Jude <freebsd@allanjude.com> To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: docs/187465: mention patchlevels in explaining security advisories Message-ID: <201403192230.s2JMU2UY076686@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR docs/187465; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Allan Jude <freebsd@allanjude.com> To: bug-followup@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-bugs-local@be-well.ilk.org Cc: Subject: Re: docs/187465: mention patchlevels in explaining security advisories Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2014 18:21:20 -0400 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------040705090909050100010306 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Minor edits to the patch - Fix whitespace in patch it self - Add double space after periods - Improve explaination - Minor grammar changes Note: I noticed while editing this callouts appears to be broken. Filed a separate PR: http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=docs/187773 -- Allan Jude --------------040705090909050100010306 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; name="docs.security_corrected_fix.patch" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="docs.security_corrected_fix.patch" Index: handbook/security/chapter.xml =================================================================== --- handbook/security/chapter.xml (revision 44271) +++ handbook/security/chapter.xml (working copy) @@ -3284,7 +3284,15 @@ <callout arearefs="co-corrected"> <para>The <literal>Corrected</literal> field indicates the date, time, time offset, and release that was - corrected.</para> + corrected. The section in parentheses shows each branch + to which the fix has been merged, and the version number + of the corresponding release from that branch. The + release identifier itself, includes the version number + and, if appropriate, the patch level. The patch level is + the letter <literal>p</literal> followed by a number, + indicating the sequence number of the patch, allowing + users to track which patches have already been applied to + the system.</para> </callout> <callout arearefs="co-cve"> --------------040705090909050100010306--
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