Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2014 09:19:07 -0700 From: Joe <j.harman@f5.com> To: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-lists@be-well.ilk.org> Cc: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: how to read security advisories Message-ID: <etPan.530e13fb.3006c83e.302e@shiny.int.lineratesystems.com> In-Reply-To: <44fvn64qaf.fsf@lowell-desk.lan> References: <etPan.530d0f9a.6b8b4567.3ab2@shiny.int.lineratesystems.com> <44fvn64qaf.fsf@lowell-desk.lan>
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Thank you for pointing me at some relevant docs. I'd like to point out that neither of these resources are of much help fo= r someone trying to figure out what the -p means, though. The first is only something you'd come across if you already knew what th= e -p meant (try searching -p on the internet. =C2=A0Or =46reeBSD's site. = =C2=A0Or even in the single-page HTML view of the handbook). The second would actually confuse me if I hadn't already been definitivel= y told what the -p was, as the example given is =224.6.2-RELEASE=22 inste= ad of =224.6-RELEASE-p2=22. I searched both on google and on =46reeBSD's site for: =C2=A0- freebsd release =C2=A0- freebsd version string =C2=A0- freebsd release p modifier =C2=A0- freebsd release tags =C2=A0- freebsd security advisory release naming The last one got me the closest, but still didn't actually inform me that= the -p extension was for patch level, or how to check what patch level I= had (which is pretty important if you're trying to figure out if a secur= ity advisory applies to a particular system or not).=C2=A0 I tried following through on that, but searching for =22security branch=22= or =22security branch tags=22 got me to=C2=A0http://www.freebsd.org/rele= ng/ which at the bottom points me to=C2=A0http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en=5F= US.ISO8859-1/articles/releng/index.html which looks like it is just about= the release process, not naming, and has a very loud warning at the top = about how badly out of date it is. I'm not trying to get in anyone's face or ruffle any feathers, so much as= to let you know that I spent longer than I thought was reasonable lookin= g for a definitive answer for this question, and I think it both could an= d should be made more obvious in the =46reeBSD documentation. =C2=A0I thi= nk good places for this would be in the second reference you gave me (rel= ease-branches.html) and in the =22how to read security advisories=22 docu= ment. I do very much appreciate both the responses I've gotten and speed at whi= ch I got them. =C2=A0I am also very appreciative of all the documentation= in general=21 Thanks, -Joe On =46ebruary 25, 2014 at 6:27:13 PM, Lowell Gilbert (freebsd-lists=40be-= well.ilk.org) wrote: Joe <j.harman=40f5.com> writes: =20 > I understand what 5.1-RELEASE means, but I cannot find references for w= hat the tailing =22-p6=22 means. =20 Try the note at the end of =20 http://www5.us.freebsd.org/doc/en=5FUS.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/updating-= upgrading-freebsdupdate.html=23freebsdupdate-security-patches =20 or the last paragraph in =20 http://www5.us.freebsd.org/doc/en=5FUS.ISO8859-1/books/dev-model/release-= branches.html =20
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