RELENG_4_8_0_RELEASE vs RELENG_4_8

Robert H. Perry rperry4 at earthlink.net
Sun Oct 26 09:22:01 PST 2003


Jeremy Faulkner wrote:

>On Sun, Oct 26, 2003 at 11:52:11AM -0500, Robert H. Perry wrote:
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>>I'm upgrading from 4.7 RELEASE and intended to build and install 4.8 
>>RELEASE.  It was recommended that I consider RELENG_4_8 because it 
>>contained some 13 security fixes.  I came across a CVS website 
>>indicating that the code was for security advisories  and other 
>>seriously critical fixes.   Does this mean that RELENG_4_8 does not have 
>>all of the code as RELEASE 4.8?  Is it any more or less stable?
>>
>>Thank you.
>>
>>Bob
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>RELENG_4_8 contains the same code as RELENG_4_8_0_RELEASE with the necessary
>changes to fix the security bugs that were discovered after 4.8 was Released.
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Thanks much for taking the time to respond Jeremy.

Bob



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