Date: Mon, 1 Jul 2002 15:41:52 -0400 (EDT) From: Ralph Huntington <rjh@mohawk.net> To: "Kevin Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P." <kdk@daleco.biz> Cc: <freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: security fixes Message-ID: <20020701153650.Q50179-100000@mohegan.mohawk.net> In-Reply-To: <008401c22136$08d62e00$edec910c@fbccarthage.com>
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> > In cvsup'ing the patched sources, if I have a 4.6-RELEASE box, should I > > cvsup RELENG_4_6 and for the earlier 4.x machines cvsup RELENG_4 ??? > I don't think that you'd break anything by doing RELENG_4_6 even on > your earlier boxes, though. After all, you're going to make > buildworld anyway... Yes, I'll make buildworld. > If you cvsup the "earlier" machines to RELENG_4, they will actually > be "more up to date" than the 4.6-RELEASE box you have now, not > that I'm telling you something you don't already know, I guess. I thought that, but frankly wasn't sure. It seem counterintuitive, but that doesn't mean it's not the right way. > > Or should they all get RELENG_4 ? > If you want them all to run -STABLE, yes. Personally, -STABLE seems > pretty -STABLE right now, for me, running mail, web, database, etc. > They say "you may not wish to run -STABLE on production servers" so > *caveat emptor*, I guess, but I have no probs with -STABLE built last > week. Hmmm... I would think STABLE is what one sould want to run on a production machine. I'm beginning to feel confused again. Thanks for the reply, though. It did answer my question. I also received this in an email reply: "... you can cvsup RELENG_4_6 to get the security update ONLY and make world to install it, or you can use RELENG_4 to get the security fix AND new -STABLE code, then make world." That makes RELENG_4 seem like a bargain. Thanks again for the replies, Ralph To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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