Applying FreeBSD-SA-03:07.sendmail to 4.8?

[Erik Trulsson]

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.)


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