Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2001 17:36:21 -0400 From: "Peter C. Lai" <sirmoo@cowbert.2y.net> To: "Christopher Schulte" <christopher@schulte.org>, <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: FreeBSD Security Advisory: FreeBSD-SA-01:40.fts Message-ID: <000b01c0ee07$90067d20$8caa6389@resnet.uconn.edu> References: <5.1.0.14.0.20010605135437.0278eeb0@pop.schulte.org> <5.1.0.14.0.20010605142920.0270f948@pop.schulte.org>
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They ought to make a big statement in the handbook about tracking -STABLE. Once you make the decision to cvsup the very first time there's nothing you can really do except to track -STABLE until the next -RELEASE. (after which you completely do a -RELEASE installation and stop tracking -STABLE). Depending on when your last make world was, the code base may have been altered enough to cause the patch to fail. If you had stuck with the original -RELEASE of 4.2, the patches would all work and it's easier to deal with. But hindsight doesn't solve the problem. :) You should ask in the -stable list or the writer of the patch Peter C. Lai | University of Connecticut peter.lai@uconn.edu Dept. of Residential Life | Programmer College of Liberal Arts & Sciences | Dept. of Molecular & Cell Biology | Undergraduate Research Assistant ----- Original Message ----- From: "Christopher Schulte" <christopher@schulte.org> To: "Peter C. Lai" <sirmoo@cowbert.2y.net> Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2001 3:30 PM Subject: Re: FreeBSD Security Advisory: FreeBSD-SA-01:40.fts > Agreed, but this is a shell server and I'd to keep user disruption down if > possible. A make world would definitely get their attention. ;p > > At 03:22 PM 6/5/2001 -0400, you wrote: > >cvsup to 4.x-stable (it will be 4.3-stable) and make world. > >The patch is for people who choose not to track -STABLE. > > > >Peter C. Lai | University of Connecticut > >peter.lai@uconn.edu > >Dept. of Residential Life | Programmer > >College of Liberal Arts & Sciences | Dept. of Molecular & Cell Biology | > >Undergraduate Research Assistant > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Christopher Schulte" <christopher@schulte.org> > >To: <security@FreeBSD.ORG> > >Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2001 3:02 PM > >Subject: Re: FreeBSD Security Advisory: FreeBSD-SA-01:40.fts > > > > > > > At 11:08 AM 6/5/2001 -0700, you wrote: > > > >This patch has been verified to apply to FreeBSD 4.3-RELEASE and > > > >4.2-RELEASE; it may or may not apply to older, unsupported versions of > > > >FreeBSD. > > > > > > Can someone comment on the impact of applying this patch to a 4.2-STABLE > > > environment? One might assume since 4.2-S falls between 4.2-R and 4.3-R, > > > it would work? > > > > > > FreeBSD 4.2-STABLE FreeBSD 4.2-STABLE #1: Sat Jan 6 19:43:53 CST 2001 > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > --chris > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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