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From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
To: Medi Montaseri <mmontaseri@amcc.com>
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On Fri, Jan 14, 2005 at 06:29:30PM -0800, Medi Montaseri wrote:
>=20
> Hi....I am having some problem  porting my app to FreeBSD 5.2.1 on a=20
> amd64 and am wondering about the state of 5.2.1 before I dive into=20
> debugging....
> FYI...my app works fine on 64 bit linux.
>=20
> My concerns are:
>=20
> 1- http://www.freebsd.org/releng/#schedule describes 5.2.1 as
>   "FreeBSD 5.2 / 5.2.1 security fix branch (not officially supported)."
>   What do you mean by "not supported"....should I use 5.3

Absolutely, yes.  There's no good reason to run 5.2.1 on amd64.

Kris


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