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FreeBSD 4.6.2 Released

Posted by timothy on from the even-the-box-looks-powerful dept.

MobyTurbo writes: "FreeBSD 4.6.2 has been released. It primarily cures a few security problems in the 4.6 release. If you are impatient it will be available at various mirrors, or upgrade your existing FreeBSD installation via cvsup, or support the FreeBSD project by purchasing it at a vendor that supports the FreeBSD project."

2 of 85 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Where did 4.6.1 go? by MavEtJu · · Score: 5, Informative

    During the first and second RCs of 4.6.1 a couple of more problems regarding security came up and it would be a bad idea to release something with known problems (actually the reason why 4.6.1 was going to be released). That's why it was delayed with a month (I believe).

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  2. Re:Tracking -RELEASE with cvsup by shlong · · Score: 5, Informative

    Tag slides are not how security issues are tracked in FreeBSD. True, they are used when last minute changes are needed before a release. However, branches are made with every major release, and security fixes are applied to those branches. If you track the RELENG_4_6 tag, you will get all the security patches for 4.6.x. These branches are often maintained for a year or more, even after newer releases have come out. So, to answer the previous posters' question about how to track FreeBSD 4.6 + ports, here is a cvsup file to use:

    *default host=cvsup14.freebsd.org
    *default base=/usr
    *default prefix=/usr
    *default release=cvs tag=RELENG_4_6
    *default delete use-rel-suffix
    *default compress
    src-all
    ports-all

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