Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2006 22:46:16 +0200 From: Wilko Bulte <wb@freebie.xs4all.nl> To: Ken Smith <kensmith@cse.Buffalo.EDU> Cc: re@freebsd.org, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 6.2-BETA1 Available Message-ID: <20060920204616.GA11029@freebie.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <1158768766.10669.52.camel@opus.cse.buffalo.edu> References: <1158768766.10669.52.camel@opus.cse.buffalo.edu>
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On Wed, Sep 20, 2006 at 12:12:46PM -0400, Ken Smith wrote.. > > The first Beta build for the FreeBSD-6.2 Release Cycle is now available > on most of the FTP mirror sites. If the release cycle goes as planned > it is the first of two BETAs, which will be followed by two Release > Candidates (RCs) and then the final release. If events warrant as the > release cycle progresses we'll adjust the plans so there might be more > test builds than we are currently planning for. > > For those of you who would like to test by updating existing machines > instead of using the BETA1 installation media you can update your source > tree to a fresh copy of RELENG_6 using the normal update procedures. If > you do that and then report problems please include the date you did > your update. Machines updated this way will say they are > "6.2-PRERELEASE", not "6.2-BETA1" as machines installed from the BETA1 > install media will. > > If you do notice problems please follow the normal Problem Report > procedures for submitting a PR. Questions or problems can also be > posted to this list. > > The current plan for the 6.2 Release Cycle is available at: > > http://www.freebsd.org/releases/6.2R/schedule.html > > A few things to note about BETA1: > > - Be aware that FreeBSD-SA-06:21.gzip was released after > the -BETA1 builds started, and the gunzip(1) binaries > included are consequently vulnerable to the attacks > described in that advisory." > > - The install media provided for this BETA do not include > any packages (much like the monthly snapshot builds). > Packages will probably not be provided on the install > media until we reach the RC phase. > > - The sparc64 build got started before an important bugfix > was applied to auditctl(2) so testing Audit related things > will be difficult or impossible on sparc64 BETA1 but the > other available platforms should be fine in this regard. > > - No BETA1 for the ia64 platform will be available. > > - The build for Alpha is still in progress and will be > available shortly. It is now on ftp-master, so it should be on the ftp-mirrors tomorrow. MD5 (6.2-BETA1-alpha-bootonly.iso) = cdc61ea729ee07ebcaaba6224adb3184 MD5 (6.2-BETA1-alpha-disc1.iso) = e80a42d6e634d528ca2b53495c0969e2 SHA256 (6.2-BETA1-alpha-bootonly.iso) = 02c4f0256780243b885e980fa698dc17079c71f4b770ba442fb4c8e0e526fdaf SHA256 (6.2-BETA1-alpha-disc1.iso) = 9e36294e5b7afd18271dd4d1c72808a2b3cb6cd3e3ceacfbb6b87d4252261cb1 -- Wilko Bulte wilko@FreeBSD.org
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