Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2001 20:30:17 -0700 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Andrew Kenneth Milton <akm@theinternet.com.au> Cc: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>, Blaz Zupan <blaz@inlimbo.org>, security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Security update packages don't recognized patched 4.3-RELEASE Message-ID: <20010830203017.A29026@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <20010831132554.T21855@zeus.theinternet.com.au>; from akm@theinternet.com.au on Fri, Aug 31, 2001 at 01:25:54PM %2B1000 References: <20010830222555.M49399-100000@gold.inlimbo.org> <20010830184700.D27546@xor.obsecurity.org> <20010831132554.T21855@zeus.theinternet.com.au>
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--ibTvN161/egqYuK8 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Aug 31, 2001 at 01:25:54PM +1000, Andrew Kenneth Milton wrote: > +-------[ Kris Kennaway ]---------------------- > | On Thu, Aug 30, 2001 at 10:28:55PM +0200, Blaz Zupan wrote: > | > I usually cvsup RELENG_4_3 to update our servers, but this time I wan= ted to > | > quickly patch the lpd hole by simply installing the update package. > | > Unfortunatelly it complains that it can only be installed on 4.3-RELE= ASE. > | > Well, I *am* running 4.3-RELEASE, but patched up to 4.3-RELEASE-p14. = I believe > | > the +INSTALL script should support this, what do others think? > |=20 > | It was a deliberate decision to only support 4.3-RELEASE, not > | arbitrary cvsup dates of RELENG_4_3 so we don't have to worry about > | possible weird package interactions with changes on that branch at > | some point. Basically, we expect that if you can cvsup once, you can > | cvsup twice :) >=20 > Do they work with arbitrary combinations of binary updates ? Yes, because I know what packages have been installed and can introduce appropriate dependencies to ensure correct ordering, if we have the need. I can't do that if someone cvsups and then installs a binary upgrade. Kris --ibTvN161/egqYuK8 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (FreeBSD) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE7jwTJWry0BWjoQKURAqpGAJ9tGg4mz1tEryyzhc88RPlBUeNGgwCg8MW2 nWpHEN7Qrg7JFV8RtJyEnFE= =ST77 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --ibTvN161/egqYuK8-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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