From owner-freebsd-security Fri May 12 14: 0: 0 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from point.osg.gov.bc.ca (point.osg.gov.bc.ca [142.32.102.44]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8EF4C37B595; Fri, 12 May 2000 13:59:51 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from Cy.Schubert@uumail.gov.bc.ca) Received: (from daemon@localhost) by point.osg.gov.bc.ca (8.8.7/8.8.8) id NAA28107; Fri, 12 May 2000 13:59:32 -0700 Received: from passer.osg.gov.bc.ca(142.32.110.29) via SMTP by point.osg.gov.bc.ca, id smtpda28103; Fri May 12 13:59:30 2000 Received: (from uucp@localhost) by passer.osg.gov.bc.ca (8.9.3/8.9.1) id NAA63096; Fri, 12 May 2000 13:59:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: from cwsys9.cwsent.com(10.2.2.1), claiming to be "cwsys.cwsent.com" via SMTP by passer9.cwsent.com, id smtpdY63094; Fri May 12 13:58:45 2000 Received: (from uucp@localhost) by cwsys.cwsent.com (8.10.1/8.9.1) id e4CKwjt42087; Fri, 12 May 2000 13:58:45 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200005122058.e4CKwjt42087@cwsys.cwsent.com> Received: from localhost.cwsent.com(127.0.0.1), claiming to be "cwsys" via SMTP by localhost.cwsent.com, id smtpdx42078; Fri May 12 13:57:50 2000 X-Mailer: exmh version 2.1.1 10/15/1999 Reply-To: Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group From: Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group X-OS: FreeBSD 4.0-STABLE X-Sender: cy To: Robert Watson Cc: Igor Roshchin , David Pick , freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Applying patches with out a compiler In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 12 May 2000 15:00:47 EDT." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Fri, 12 May 2000 13:57:50 -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org In message , Robe rt Watson writes: > My thoughts on dependencies, et al, have been: > > 1) Binary patches will only be available against the most recent -RELEASE > 2) Binary patch packages will depend on all prior binary patches being > installed > 3) Source patches use to build the binary patched version seem like a good > idea. You've got my vote. Regards, Phone: (250)387-8437 Cy Schubert Fax: (250)387-5766 Team Leader, Sun/DEC Team Internet: Cy.Schubert@osg.gov.bc.ca Open Systems Group, ITSD, ISTA Province of BC To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message