Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2003 19:54:42 +0200 From: Erik Trulsson <ertr1013@student.uu.se> To: Paul Hoffman <phoffman@proper.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Applying FreeBSD-SA-03:07.sendmail to 4.8? Message-ID: <20030409175442.GA84729@falcon.midgard.homeip.net> In-Reply-To: <p05210673baba0c2e24cc@[63.202.92.152]> References: <p05210673baba0c2e24cc@[63.202.92.152]>
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On Wed, Apr 09, 2003 at 10:45:27AM -0700, Paul Hoffman wrote: > Greetings again. The release notes for FreeBSD 4.8 do not indicate > that FreeBSD-SA-03:07.sendmail has been applied to it. However, when The release notes may not mention it, but the errata does. FreeBSD-SA-03:07.sendmail is included in FreeBSD 4.8-RELEASE, so there is no need to apply it manually. > I download the patch and give the 'patch' command, I see: > > Hmm... Looks like a new-style context diff to me... > The text leading up to this was: > -------------------------- > |Index: contrib/sendmail/src/conf.c > |=================================================================== > |RCS file: /home/ncvs/src/contrib/sendmail/src/conf.c,v > |retrieving revision 1.5.2.11 > |retrieving revision 1.5.2.11.2.1 > |diff -c -r1.5.2.11 -r1.5.2.11.2.1 > |*** contrib/sendmail/src/conf.c 3 Sep 2002 01:50:15 -0000 > 1.5.2.11 > |--- contrib/sendmail/src/conf.c 29 Mar 2003 20:13:03 -0000 > 1.5.2.11.2.1 > -------------------------- > Patching file contrib/sendmail/src/conf.c using Plan A... > Reversed (or previously applied) patch detected! Assume -R? [y] > > What does this mean? Should I answer 'y' here? It means the patch has already been applied, and you shouldn't try to patch it again. (Answering 'y' would be a bad idea, since the patch program would then *remove* the patch, in the mistaken belief that patch had been created the wrong way around.) -- <Insert your favourite quote here.> Erik Trulsson ertr1013@student.uu.se
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