From owner-freebsd-stable Mon Feb 17 09:54:14 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id JAA01068 for stable-outgoing; Mon, 17 Feb 1997 09:54:14 -0800 (PST) Received: from mailhost.anasazi.com (mailhost.anasazi.com [138.113.128.2]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id JAA01048 for ; Mon, 17 Feb 1997 09:54:07 -0800 (PST) Received: from chad.anasazi.com by mailhost.anasazi.com (5.65/3.7) id AA17943; Mon, 17 Feb 97 10:53:29 -0700 Received: by chad.anasazi.com (5.65/3.7) id AA02197; Mon, 17 Feb 97 10:53:27 -0700 From: chad@anasazi.com (Chad R. Larson) Message-Id: <9702171753.AA02197@chad.anasazi.com> Subject: Re: help with 2.1.5 R To: fwang2@eos.ncsu.edu (Feiyi Wang) Date: Mon, 17 Feb 1997 10:53:25 -0700 (MST) Cc: stable@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <9702170933.ZM9225@eos.ncsu.edu> from "Feiyi Wang" at Feb 17, 97 09:33:08 am Reply-To: chad@anasazi.com X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL23] Content-Type: text Sender: owner-stable@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > Hi, folks, > I am new in FreeBSD, I am now in hurry to looking for FreeBSD 2.1.5 > Release, But It seems there is only 2.1.6 exist in all ftp sites. > Also I am not clear what is relationship of 2.1.5 Release and stable > version (even after FAQ) and how to install a stable one, the > directory structure is quite different from 2.1.6 Release. 2.1.5-RELEASE was supposed to be the last release down the 2.1 tree, but Jordan found some of what he termed "anoying" bugs in the installation process and rolled a 2.1.6 in about November. The -stable SUP tree started with 2.1.6 and has any bug fixes or minor improvements that are well tested (hence "stable"). When I first went against the stable tree, it took me to 2.1.6.1-RELEASE. Lately, there was a fairly large security hole uncovered in the POSIX locale code. The fix for that resulted in 2.1.7, which is what you'll get running SUP against the -stable tree now. (By the way, the 2.1.6 you find on the ftp mirror sites should be shot in the head by now). -crl -- Chad R. Larson (CRL22) Brother, can you paradigm? 602-870-3330 chad@anasazi.com chad@anasaz.UUCP chad@dcfinc.com Anasazi, Inc. - 7500 North Dreamy Draw Drive, Suite 120, Phoenix, Az 85020