Date: 15 Apr 2005 14:41:42 -0400 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: jimmie james <jimmiejaz@gmail.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: UPDATING and security updates. Message-ID: <4464yn3ms9.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <7e148fb90504142020394a5b1e@mail.gmail.com> References: <7e148fb90504142020394a5b1e@mail.gmail.com>
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jimmie james <jimmiejaz@gmail.com> writes: > Curious why there's no mention of any security issues in > /usr/src/UPDATING on 4.11-STABLE systems, but browsing the cvs-src, > there's notes in RELENG_4_10, RELENG_4_11, Branch: RELENG_5_3? > Wouldn't it make sense to note it in all affected releases? I don't think so. It's already mentioned in a lot of places, and UPDATING is imposing enough as it is; I think that keeping UPDATING just for tracking issues you need to bear in mind for actually *doing* the update of your system. > Yes, I'm subscribed to the relevent lists, however, having an offical > tracking of these issues, would help in knowing what patch was applied > when, and the reason. Absolutely. That place is: http://www.freebsd.org/security/#adv
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