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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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