From owner-freebsd-stable Mon Jul 15 14:42: 7 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 181E237B400 for ; Mon, 15 Jul 2002 14:42:03 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mailb.telia.com (mailb.telia.com [194.22.194.6]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EF3B643E65 for ; Mon, 15 Jul 2002 14:42:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from erikt@midgard.homeip.net) Received: from d1o913.telia.com (d1o913.telia.com [195.252.44.241]) by mailb.telia.com (8.12.5/8.12.5) with ESMTP id g6FLg0oF004637 for ; Mon, 15 Jul 2002 23:42:00 +0200 (CEST) X-Original-Recipient: Received: from falcon.midgard.homeip.net (h53n2fls20o913.telia.com [212.181.163.53]) by d1o913.telia.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id XAA22507 for ; Mon, 15 Jul 2002 23:41:58 +0200 (CEST) Received: (qmail 52280 invoked by uid 1001); 15 Jul 2002 21:41:55 -0000 Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2002 23:41:54 +0200 From: Erik Trulsson To: "Jack L. Stone" Cc: Michiel Boland , stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: RELENG_4_4 merges Message-ID: <20020715214154.GA51011@falcon.midgard.homeip.net> Mail-Followup-To: "Jack L. Stone" , Michiel Boland , stable@FreeBSD.ORG References: <20020715152201.N38467-100000@carmel.diva.nl> <3.0.5.32.20020715163524.0117a758@mail.sage-one.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.20020715163524.0117a758@mail.sage-one.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.1i Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, Jul 15, 2002 at 04:35:24PM -0500, Jack L. Stone wrote: > 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....??? You haven't been following it closely enough. BIND 8.3.3 was merged to RELENG_4_6, 4_5 and 4_4 earlier today. Do a cvsup and you will see it. As to why it was merged to these branches is a question I don't know the answer to, but I assume there is some good reason for it. -- Erik Trulsson ertr1013@student.uu.se To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message