Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2002 16:35:24 -0500 From: "Jack L. Stone" <jackstone@sage-one.net> To: Michiel Boland <boland@carmel.diva.nl>, stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: RELENG_4_4 merges Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.20020715163524.0117a758@mail.sage-one.net> In-Reply-To: <20020715152201.N38467-100000@carmel.diva.nl>
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At 11:21 PM 7.15.2002 +0200, Michiel Boland wrote: >Hi. > >Can someone explain the sudden rush of fixes into the RELENG_4_4 branch? >For instance, just exactly what good does the BIND 8.3.3 merge do? >Surely people who want to run BIND 8.3.3 on RELENG_4_4 can use the port. >Please correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought the 'remote buffer overrun' >bug in earlier BIND versions was in libbind.a, which isn't even installed >on a stock FreeBSD system, as far as I can see. > >Just exactly what's next? Are we going to see merges of things like >sendmail 8.12.3 into RELENG_4_4!?!? > >I'm just trying to get things clear here. Perhaps I'm missing the point >completely (as usual). But I would think that this continuous merging of >stuff into RELENG_4_4 creates a maintenance nightmare for everyone who >runs off this branch. > >Confused, > >Cheers >Michiel HUH! Now, that has me confused. I'm following RELENG_4_5 and nothing merged there. Still has the old BIND 8.2.4-REL, that I wish had been merged.... Are you sure you are following 4_4....??? Best regards, Jack L. Stone, Administrator SageOne Net http://www.sage-one.net jackstone@sage-one.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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