Date: Tue, 2 Jul 2002 18:00:25 -0500 From: "Kevin Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P." <kdk@daleco.biz> To: "Wincent Colaiuta" <wincentcolaiuta@mac.com>, <freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: security fixes Message-ID: <064901c2221c$4120ea20$edec910c@fbccarthage.com> References: <592EA664-8DE0-11D6-A483-003065C60B4C@mac.com>
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Wincent Colaiuta" <wincentcolaiuta@mac.com> To: <freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Tuesday, July 02, 2002 12:22 PM Subject: Re: security fixes El Tuesday, 2 July, 2002, a las 05:37 AM, Kevin Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P. escribió: > Some people read the warning about -STABLE in > the Handbook (that I quoted earlier) and decide only > to run -RELEASE and patch security fixes, and > there is a cvs tag for this, called RELENG_4_x. > This is where a little confusion comes in, because > after a while they quit patching the older releases. ]So on production systems track RELENG_4_6 now, and when that stops being ]updated, start tracking RELENG_4_7, and so on.... I can't see any ]problems with that. That way you're tracking the security fixes and ]critical patches, and then when you need to you're upgrading your entire ]system in safe way. ] ]I think the advice to not track STABLE on production machines is good. ]Sure, STABLE is mostly exactly that: STABLE. But there are always going ]to be exceptions... The last thing you want is a machine that won't boot ]after something went wrong and you have to pay $$$ to get access to the ]datacentre and rescue the machine... ] ]Cheers ]Wincent Nothing wrong with your advice either. Although in my world, if anyone's server quits responding, I've got a red carpet straight to the box as soon as I can get there... I'm in the 'small' world, though; to each his own....<OT>Wincent, are you in anyway related to a famous drummer? </OT> Kevin Kinsey To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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