From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 19 22:30:02 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@smarthost.ysv.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 C3F702D6 for ; Wed, 19 Mar 2014 22:30:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206c::16:87]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 9872C7CD for ; Wed, 19 Mar 2014 22:30:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.8/8.14.8) with ESMTP id s2JMU2QO076687 for ; Wed, 19 Mar 2014 22:30:02 GMT (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.8/8.14.8/Submit) id s2JMU2UY076686; Wed, 19 Mar 2014 22:30:02 GMT (envelope-from gnats) Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2014 22:30:02 GMT Message-Id: <201403192230.s2JMU2UY076686@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Cc: From: Allan Jude Subject: Re: docs/187465: mention patchlevels in explaining security advisories X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.17 Precedence: list Reply-To: Allan Jude List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2014 22:30:02 -0000 The following reply was made to PR docs/187465; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Allan Jude To: bug-followup@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-bugs-local@be-well.ilk.org Cc: Subject: Re: docs/187465: mention patchlevels in explaining security advisories Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2014 18:21:20 -0400 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------040705090909050100010306 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Minor edits to the patch - Fix whitespace in patch it self - Add double space after periods - Improve explaination - Minor grammar changes Note: I noticed while editing this callouts appears to be broken. Filed a separate PR: http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=docs/187773 -- Allan Jude --------------040705090909050100010306 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; name="docs.security_corrected_fix.patch" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="docs.security_corrected_fix.patch" Index: handbook/security/chapter.xml =================================================================== --- handbook/security/chapter.xml (revision 44271) +++ handbook/security/chapter.xml (working copy) @@ -3284,7 +3284,15 @@ The Corrected field indicates the date, time, time offset, and release that was - corrected. + corrected. The section in parentheses shows each branch + to which the fix has been merged, and the version number + of the corresponding release from that branch. The + release identifier itself, includes the version number + and, if appropriate, the patch level. The patch level is + the letter p followed by a number, + indicating the sequence number of the patch, allowing + users to track which patches have already been applied to + the system. --------------040705090909050100010306--