From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Jul 10 22:47:28 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id WAA18129 for hackers-outgoing; Thu, 10 Jul 1997 22:47:28 -0700 (PDT) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id WAA18121 for ; Thu, 10 Jul 1997 22:47:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from msmith@localhost) by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.8.5/8.7.3) id PAA22745; Fri, 11 Jul 1997 15:17:05 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199707110547.PAA22745@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: 2.2-RELENG vs. 2.2.2-RELEASE In-Reply-To: from "David E. Cross" at "Jul 10, 97 06:25:39 pm" To: dec@phoenix.its.rpi.edu (David E. Cross) Date: Fri, 11 Jul 1997 15:17:05 +0930 (CST) Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL28 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk David E. Cross stands accused of saying: > I asked in -questions and #freebsd but got no answer. Thought I would try > here. > > Can 2.2-RELENG be assumed as stable as 2.2.2-RELEASE. Generally, more so. > (I am looking to upgrade from 2.2.1-RELEASE mostly to get rid of the libXt > security holes.) Huh? Apart from the fact that AFAIK the Xt holes were fixed ages ago, libXt isn't a part of FreeBSD. It's a part of XFree86, which is a separate distribution. You can upgrade this without having to change the base system at all. > David Cross -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[