On Sun, Jan 10, 1999 at 03:50:08PM +0000, Andrew Martin Adrian Cater wrote:
> Q. Which version of XFree86 will Debian/GNU Linux 2.1 ship with?
>
> A. XFree86 3.3.2. XFree 3.3.3 was released too late to be automatically
> included - the Debian maintainer runs the risk of introducing more
> bugs than 3.3.3 solves by an over-hasty release.
> Debian/GNU Linux 2.2 ("Potato") will include 3.3.3 as soon as this
> is packaged. If, for some reason, you _must_run XFree86 version
> 3.3.3, e.g. your hardware is inadeqately supported by XFree86
> version 3.3.2, there are interim workarounds which may allow you
> to substitute X server binaries.
Please change this to 3.3.2.3. The version that ships with slink will also
include one further buffer-overflow-prevention patch from 3.3.3 (the only
other security patch known to me).
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