From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 25 21:49:31 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8EB65763 for ; Tue, 25 Feb 2014 21:49:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.f5.com (mail.f5.com [208.85.209.139]) (using TLSv1 with cipher RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 59AC91DE5 for ; Tue, 25 Feb 2014 21:49:31 +0000 (UTC) X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.97,542,1389744000"; d="scan'208,217";a="102231776" X-IPAS-Result: AucNABMPDVPAqArr/2dsb2JhbABZgkJ/V4MDiFGuTIcqBIEydIJPfjUCUwyIJaceoSuNbhEBbYJZgUkEiUmGAYhsgTKFP48EgVE5 Received: from unknown (HELO exchmail.f5net.com) ([192.168.10.235]) by seamgw02.olympus.f5net.com with ESMTP; 25 Feb 2014 21:48:11 +0000 Received: from shiny.int.lineratesystems.com (192.168.16.250) by exchmail.f5net.com (192.168.16.223) with Microsoft SMTP Server (TLS) id 14.3.158.1; Tue, 25 Feb 2014 13:48:11 -0800 Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2014 14:48:10 -0700 From: Joe To: Message-ID: Subject: how to read security advisories X-Mailer: Airmail Beta (205) MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Originating-IP: [192.168.16.250] Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.17 X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.17 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2014 21:49:31 -0000 Hello, I am having trouble understanding the =22Corrected=22 version strings in = security advisories. =C2=A0Could you tell me (or point me to documentatio= n about) what the =22-p=22 extensions mean=3F =46or instance, in the =22How to read security advisories=22 page (http:/= /www5.us.freebsd.org/doc/en=5FUS.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/security-adviso= ries.html), there is an example of a list of corrected builds, which cont= ains several lines like =222003-09-23 20:08:42 UTC (RELENG=5F5=5F1, 5.1-R= ELEASE-p6)=22 I understand what 5.1-RELEASE means, but I cannot find references for wha= t the tailing =22-p6=22 means. In this example, if I am running =46reeBSD 5.1, do I already have the fix= =3F How can I tell=3F I have searched the web for the answer, as well (= not easy when looking for =22-p=22), and have had no luck discovering wha= t the -p extension means. =20 Apologies if this is the wrong address to be sending this question to, bu= t security advisories are the only place I've seen this notation, so I wa= s hoping to get an explanation for it when I read the =22how to read=22 p= age, but I didn't=E2=80=A6and the bottom of the page says to email this a= ddress for questions about this document. Could you point me in the right direction=3F Thank you, - Joe Harman