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Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2002 16:35:24 -0500
To: Michiel Boland <boland@carmel.diva.nl>, stable@FreeBSD.ORG
From: "Jack L. Stone" <jackstone@sage-one.net>
Subject: Re: RELENG_4_4 merges
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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

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