Date: Thu, 14 May 1998 22:23:05 +0200 (MET DST) From: Guido van Rooij <guido@gvr.org> To: avalon@coombs.anu.edu.au (Darren Reed) Cc: fpscha@schapachnik.com.ar, freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Why aren't security fixes posted to security-announce? Message-ID: <199805142023.WAA12731@gvr.gvr.org> In-Reply-To: <199805131149.EAA14554@hub.freebsd.org> from Darren Reed at "May 13, 98 09:48:49 pm"
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Darren Reed wrote: > In some mail from Guido van Rooij, sie said: > > > > In general, security related patches are first applied to -current. > > After about a week or so, they are brought to -stable. The an > > advisory will be sent out. Why? Because an advisory without a decently > > tested patch would upset users. > > I haven't seen a commit message yet for the mmap bug... Will arrive soon. I was just busy with the ttcp advisory. -Guido To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe security" in the body of the message
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