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Date: Thu, 07 Mar 2002 13:58:50 -0700
Subject: Re: question about patching a -stable system
From: Ian <freebsd@damnhippie.dyndns.org>
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> On Thursday 07 March 2002 08:59 am, FreeBSD Security Advisories wrote:
>> 2) FreeBSD 4.x systems prior to the correction date:
>> 
>> The following patch has been verified to apply to FreeBSD 4.4-RELEASE,
>> 4.5-RELEASE, and 4.5-STABLE dated prior to the correction date.  It
>> may or may not apply to older, unsupported versions of FreeBSD.
> 
> Would this patch apply to a -stable system from Dec. 27 (4.5-prerelease)?
> I'd experiment if it wasn't a production machine  :)
> 
> -David
> 

If you eyeball the patch you'll notice it's adding exactly one character on
one line (a '>' becomes '>=').  I think it'll apply just fine for you, but
if it doesn't it'd be trivial to add the = by hand.

-- Ian


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