On Mon, Jun 23, 2003 at 11:16:44AM +0200, Toni Schmidbauer wrote: > i do not know if the latest security > patches are backported to RELENG_4_7. maybe someone else on the > list is more familiar with the various cvs branches. if the > patches are _not_ backported i would recomment upgrading to > RELENG_4_8 as mentioned in the excellent handbook.
Security patches are generated for all supported -RELEASE branches, and optionally for older releases if the committer has time and the severity of the problem warrants it. I believe at least three release branches will be considered "supported" at any one time -- generally it's the last three releases branched from -STABLE, which at the moment corresponds to 4.6.2-RELEASE, 4.7-RELEASE and 4.8-RELEASE. As new releases are made approximately every 4 months that implies that each branch will be supported for up to 12 months. The situation is somwhat complicated at the moment, with the existence of the 5.x-RELEASE New Technology branches. See http://www.freebsd.org/releng/index.html for details, although that page is overdue for updating now that 5.1 has actually been released. Cheers, Matthew -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Marlow Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK
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