Date: Wed, 21 May 2014 03:03:39 +0000 (UTC) From: Allan Jude <allanjude@FreeBSD.org> To: doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r44894 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/security Message-ID: <201405210303.s4L33d4e044757@svn.freebsd.org>
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Author: allanjude Date: Wed May 21 03:03:39 2014 New Revision: 44894 URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/44894 Log: Better explain how patchlevels (9.2-RELEASE-p4) work in the security advisory section of the handbook PR: docs/187465 Submitted by: Lowell Gilbert (original version) Approved by: eadler (mentor) Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/security/chapter.xml Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/security/chapter.xml ============================================================================== --- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/security/chapter.xml Wed May 21 02:59:51 2014 (r44893) +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/security/chapter.xml Wed May 21 03:03:39 2014 (r44894) @@ -3383,7 +3383,15 @@ UWWemqWuz3lAZuORQ9KX <listitem> <para>The <literal>Corrected</literal> field indicates the date, time, time offset, and releases that were - corrected.</para> + 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 <literal>p</literal> followed by a number, + indicating the sequence number of the patch, allowing + users to track which patches have already been applied to + the system.</para> </listitem> <listitem>
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