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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.wildstar.net!news.ececs.uc.edu!news.kei.com!news.texas.net!ais.net!arclight.uoregon.edu!hammer.uoregon.edu!zephyr.texoma.net!uunet!in1.uu.net!165.254.2.52!news.new-york.net!nonexistent.com!not-for-mail From: le@put.com (Louis Epstein) Subject: Re: FreeBSD Book ships with 2.2? X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 950824BETA PL0] X-Nntp-Posting-User: le Lines: 18 Organization: Putnam Internet Services Message-ID: <E5EGLB.7yF@nonexistent.com> References: <32FB934E.1FAB@mail.hqs.crc.com> <E59Hqr.8GC@nonexistent.com> <E5CF7q.MFn@bugs.alisa.org> X-Trace: 855599230/5111 X-Nntp-Posting-Host: main.put.com Date: Mon, 10 Feb 1997 18:27:11 GMT Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:35278 John J. Rushford Jr. (wjjr@bugs.alisa.org) wrote: : Louis Epstein (le@put.com) wrote: : : Dan Benjamin (dpb@mail.hqs.crc.com) wrote: : : : Will the "Installing and Running FreeBSD" book be shipping with 2.2? : : : I expect at some point...or at least the "Complete FreeBSD" book will. : : I gather that they were going to substitute 2.1.6 for 2.1.5...now that : : the emergency has brought the probably-non-CDROM 2.1.7 onto the front : : burner I don't know if they will hop straight to 2.2R when it comes : : out this month. : : Whats the problem with 2.1.6? I'm running it and haven't heard. A security hole was discovered last week,there's a patch but a 2.1.7 is being rushed while 2.1.6 has been dropped from the FTP sites. (I use 2.1.0 right now,wondering when there'll be a secure,stable upgrade!)