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From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-lists@be-well.ilk.org>
To: Joe <j.harman@f5.com>
Subject: Re: how to read security advisories
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Joe <j.harman@f5.com> writes:

> I understand what 5.1-RELEASE means, but I cannot find references for what the tailing "-p6" means.

Try the note at the end of 
  http://www5.us.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/updating-upgrading-freebsdupdate.html#freebsdupdate-security-patches
or the last paragraph in
  http://www5.us.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/dev-model/release-branches.html