From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 23 03:03:02 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E435037B401 for ; Mon, 23 Jun 2003 03:02:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk [81.2.69.218]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F1F8743FD7 for ; Mon, 23 Jun 2003 03:02:53 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) h5NA2hSn028550 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Mon, 23 Jun 2003 11:02:47 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from matthew@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: (from matthew@localhost)h5NA2h0e028549 for freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG; Mon, 23 Jun 2003 11:02:43 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from matthew) Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2003 11:02:43 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Message-ID: <20030623100243.GC27760@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> Mail-Followup-To: Matthew Seaman , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG References: <5BC51B1E-A558-11D7-B54A-003065C4E486@escape.gr> <20030623091643.GC452@devil.stderror.at> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="GZVR6ND4mMseVXL/" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030623091643.GC452@devil.stderror.at> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-11.4 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,EMAIL_ATTRIBUTION,IN_REP_TO,PGP_SIGNATURE_2, QUOTED_EMAIL_TEXT,REFERENCES,REPLY_WITH_QUOTES, USER_AGENT_MUTT autolearn=ham version=2.55 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.55 (1.174.2.19-2003-05-19-exp) Subject: Re: About Patches X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2003 10:03:02 -0000 --GZVR6ND4mMseVXL/ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Jun 23, 2003 at 11:16:44AM +0200, Toni Schmidbauer wrote: =20 > i do not know if the latest security > patches are backported to RELENG_4_7. maybe someone else on the > list is more familiar with the various cvs branches. if the > patches are _not_ backported i would recomment upgrading to > RELENG_4_8 as mentioned in the excellent handbook. Security patches are generated for all supported -RELEASE branches, and optionally for older releases if the committer has time and the severity of the problem warrants it. I believe at least three release branches will be considered "supported" at any one time -- generally it's the last three releases branched from -STABLE, which at the moment corresponds to 4.6.2-RELEASE, 4.7-RELEASE and 4.8-RELEASE. As new releases are made approximately every 4 months that implies that each branch will be supported for up to 12 months. The situation is somwhat complicated at the moment, with the existence of the 5.x-RELEASE New Technology branches. See=20 http://www.freebsd.org/releng/index.html for details, although that page is overdue for updating now that 5.1 has actually been released. Cheers, Matthew --=20 Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Marlow Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK --GZVR6ND4mMseVXL/ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE+9tBDdtESqEQa7a0RAoTBAKCFXq3Um0MnQfsGSRbuT1XCwcxljACfZv12 gH4uei5PMwXSixw1mPkChuo= =ZNFS -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --GZVR6ND4mMseVXL/--