Re: cvs commit: src/lib/libc/net gethostbydns.c getnetbydns.c name6.c

From: Jacques A. Vidrine (nectar@FreeBSD.org)
Date: 07/08/02 

Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2002 09:41:52 -0500
From: "Jacques A. Vidrine" <nectar@FreeBSD.org>
To: Akinori MUSHA <knu@iDaemons.org>

On Mon, Jul 08, 2002 at 06:22:10PM +0900, Akinori MUSHA wrote:
> > I belive the compat{3x,2?} stuff (and probably compat4x too) in those
> > branches also needs updating. In order to update the compat stuff, we
> > must MFC the fix also to RELENG_{3,2_?} and then find out someone in
> > our developers who can rebuild libc on the old systems.
> >
> > Security Officer/Team, would you give some consideration and organize
> > the work?
>
> Ping?
>
> I don't believe we should ship 4.6.1-RELEASE and 5.0-DP2 with the hole
> in compat libraries left untreated, but we should at least document it
> in Release notes, sysinstall and ports/misc/compat*.

I don't think anyone here has had time to look at this much. I
believe have tested RELENG_3 patches ready-to-commit --- I'll make
sure they are not held up beyond today. 

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