Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2002 12:36:06 -0700 From: Kent Stewart <kstewart@owt.com> To: "Justin R. Miller" <incanus@codesorcery.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 4.5-release -- how often do ISOs change? Message-ID: <3CC5B7A6.80706@owt.com> References: <001c01c1eae1$96291320$6b01a8c0@CITYMOUSE> <20020423170621.4320.qmail@diogenis.ceid.upatras.gr> <20020423191658.GH28391@mithrandir.codesorcery.net>
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Justin R. Miller wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Said Giorgos Keramidas on Tue, Apr 23, 2002 at 08:06:21PM +0300: > > >>The ISO images that are under the 4.5-RELEASE directory are never >>updated after a release comes out. 4.5-RELEASE should always be the >>same ISO image that the original release has been made with. >> > > Maybe someone can help me out then... I have a 4.5-RELEASE system, and > I've seen security bulletins that say to upgrade to either 4.5-RELEASE > or to STABLE/CURRENT at a point on the branch after the fix. How will > "upgrading" to 4.5-RELEASE help me if it's the same thing? > The notices are usually talking about the fixes being in RELENG_4_5, which is the release plus security fixes. You can also upgrade a 4.5-release by adding the patches. I follow -stable, which is RELENG_4. It also contains other upgrades and fixes not deemed to be security related. Kent -- Kent Stewart Richland, WA http://users.owt.com/kstewart/index.html To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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