Re: Heads up: End of RELENG_4_8 support
From: Devon H. O'Dell (dodell_at_sitetronics.com)
Date: 03/06/05
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To: Colin Percival <colin.percival@wadham.ox.ac.uk> Date: Sun, 06 Mar 2005 09:23:10 +0100
On Fri, 2005-03-04 at 23:43 -0800, Colin Percival wrote:
> At the end of March, the RELENG_4_8 (sometimes called 4.8-SECURITY)
> branch will reach its designated End of Life and cease to be supported
> by the FreeBSD Security Team.
> Released in April 2003, FreeBSD 4.8 was the first release designated
> for "extended" two-year security support instead of the normal one-year
> support. Over this time, 27 security advisories have been issued which
> have affected FreeBSD 4.8.
> It is recommended that all FreeBSD 4.8 users upgrade their systems to
> FreeBSD 4.11 before the end of the month. FreeBSD 4.11 has also been
> designated for extended support, and will be supported until at least
> the end of January 2007.
>
> After FreeBSD 4.8, the next release End of Life will be for FreeBSD
> 4.10, which will cease to be supported at the end of May 2006.
>
> Colin Percival
Colin,
Is it possible to use freebsd-update to update my 4.8-SECURITY system to
your 4.11 build?
--Devon
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