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From: Jeremy Chadwick <freebsd@jdc.parodius.com>
To: Dan Naumov <dan.naumov@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: regarding kern/148655 fix for 8.1
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On Wed, Nov 03, 2010 at 12:07:17PM +0200, Dan Naumov wrote:
> http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=148655
> 
> When is the fix getting backported from -STABLE to 8.1 as an errata
> fix? A lot of people cannot and will not update to 8.1 before this is
> fixed and no, "just track -STABLE" is not a valid answer.

I'm not sure how much traction you'll get with that statement, but for
what it's worth, I agree.  The severity of the situation in the PR is
extremely high, and the repercussions if experienced are bad.  This *is*
something that should be backported to the RELENG_8_1 branch.

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