Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2014 20:11:42 -0400 (EDT) From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-bugs-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: docs/187465: mention patchlevels in explaining security advisories Message-ID: <20140312001143.230283983C@lowell-desk.lan> Resent-Message-ID: <201403120020.s2C0K0rp078578@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 187465
>Category: docs
>Synopsis: mention patchlevels in explaining security advisories
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: low
>Responsible: freebsd-doc
>State: open
>Quarter:
>Keywords:
>Date-Required:
>Class: change-request
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Wed Mar 12 00:20:00 UTC 2014
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Lowell Gilbert
>Release: FreeBSD 9.2-STABLE amd64
>Organization:
The Ilk
>Environment:
System: FreeBSD lowell-desk.lan 9.2-STABLE FreeBSD 9.2-STABLE #35 r262621: Fri Feb 28 16:57:11 EST 2014 root@lowell-desk.lan:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/LOWELL64 amd64
>Description:
Someone asked for something like this.
>How-To-Repeat:
>Fix:
Index: handbook/security/chapter.xml
===================================================================
--- handbook/security/chapter.xml (revision 44213)
+++ handbook/security/chapter.xml (working copy)
@@ -3284,7 +3284,10 @@
<callout arearefs="co-corrected">
<para>The <literal>Corrected</literal> field indicates the
date, time, time offset, and release that was
- corrected.</para>
+ corrected. The section in parentheses shows each release
+ for which a fix has been announced, with the branch from
+ which that release came and the release identifier itself,
+ including patchlevel if appropriate.</para>
</callout>
<callout arearefs="co-cve">
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:
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