From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Feb 26 16:19:18 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 31271304 for ; Wed, 26 Feb 2014 16:19:18 +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 EBB411A8F for ; Wed, 26 Feb 2014 16:19:17 +0000 (UTC) X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.97,548,1389744000"; d="scan'208,217";a="102315081" X-IPAS-Result: AgAOAHYTDlPAqArr/2dsb2JhbABagkJ/V4MDiFK1HYEwdIInAQEBAQIBAQIgVgULCw0BNAICKC8GDgUJh2gVqCigeBeOEkIHgm6BSQSJSYYBhhaCVoEyhT+Fc4kRgUpA Received: from unknown (HELO exchmail.f5net.com) ([192.168.10.235]) by seamgw02.olympus.f5net.com with ESMTP; 26 Feb 2014 16:19:06 +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; Wed, 26 Feb 2014 08:19:05 -0800 Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2014 09:19:07 -0700 From: Joe To: Lowell Gilbert Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <44fvn64qaf.fsf@lowell-desk.lan> References: <44fvn64qaf.fsf@lowell-desk.lan> Subject: Re: how to read security advisories X-Mailer: Airmail (231) 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 Cc: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org 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: Wed, 26 Feb 2014 16:19:18 -0000 Thank you for pointing me at some relevant docs. I'd like to point out that neither of these resources are of much help fo= r someone trying to figure out what the -p means, though. The first is only something you'd come across if you already knew what th= e -p meant (try searching -p on the internet. =C2=A0Or =46reeBSD's site. = =C2=A0Or even in the single-page HTML view of the handbook). The second would actually confuse me if I hadn't already been definitivel= y told what the -p was, as the example given is =224.6.2-RELEASE=22 inste= ad of =224.6-RELEASE-p2=22. I searched both on google and on =46reeBSD's site for: =C2=A0- freebsd release =C2=A0- freebsd version string =C2=A0- freebsd release p modifier =C2=A0- freebsd release tags =C2=A0- freebsd security advisory release naming The last one got me the closest, but still didn't actually inform me that= the -p extension was for patch level, or how to check what patch level I= had (which is pretty important if you're trying to figure out if a secur= ity advisory applies to a particular system or not).=C2=A0 I tried following through on that, but searching for =22security branch=22= or =22security branch tags=22 got me to=C2=A0http://www.freebsd.org/rele= ng/ which at the bottom points me to=C2=A0http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en=5F= US.ISO8859-1/articles/releng/index.html which looks like it is just about= the release process, not naming, and has a very loud warning at the top = about how badly out of date it is. I'm not trying to get in anyone's face or ruffle any feathers, so much as= to let you know that I spent longer than I thought was reasonable lookin= g for a definitive answer for this question, and I think it both could an= d should be made more obvious in the =46reeBSD documentation. =C2=A0I thi= nk good places for this would be in the second reference you gave me (rel= ease-branches.html) and in the =22how to read security advisories=22 docu= ment. I do very much appreciate both the responses I've gotten and speed at whi= ch I got them. =C2=A0I am also very appreciative of all the documentation= in general=21 Thanks, -Joe On =46ebruary 25, 2014 at 6:27:13 PM, Lowell Gilbert (freebsd-lists=40be-= well.ilk.org) wrote: Joe writes: =20 > I understand what 5.1-RELEASE means, but I cannot find references for w= hat the tailing =22-p6=22 means. =20 Try the note at the end of =20 http://www5.us.freebsd.org/doc/en=5FUS.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/updating-= upgrading-freebsdupdate.html=23freebsdupdate-security-patches =20 or the last paragraph in =20 http://www5.us.freebsd.org/doc/en=5FUS.ISO8859-1/books/dev-model/release-= branches.html =20