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Re: New Postgresql problems



* Martin Pitt (mpitt@debian.org) [050504 15:05]:
> Martin Schulze [2005-05-04 12:29 +0200]:
> > Martin Pitt wrote:
> > > Martin Schulze [2005-05-04  7:53 +0200]:
> > > > Since testing is frozen now, the update for sarge should go via
> > > > security.  Since testing and sid share the same version, the
> > > > package would then migrate into sid as well.

> > > Hmm, as far as I understood, I could as well upload into sid and ask
> > > debian-release to push the package into sarge? Or would you prefer
> > > doing a security update, even if Sarge is not yet released?
> > 
> > Let's decide this when the packages are ready.  Officially security
> > support has started, hence via security.  However, if the packages
> > will be available soon and the chances that they're built against
> > wrong libraries are low, they can go via sid as well.
> 
> I just uploaded 7.4.7-6 into Sid with urgency=high. I tested the debs
> on my server which runs Sarge, they install fine and both the upgrade
> and a fresh installation do not have the vulnerabilities any more. The
> only difference between Sarge and Sid is now the security fix. For
> your interest, here is the changeset:
> 
>  http://arch.piware.de/cgi-bin/archzoom.cgi/pkg-postgresql-private@lists.alioth.debian.org--2005/postgresql--devel--1--patch-41?log
> 
> Joey, Debian Release Team: Please let me know whether you can push the
> Sid version into Sarge, or you prefer a separate testing-security
> upload (which would differ only by the changelog version, though).

That's more or less Joeys decision if he wants to push the package via
testing-security (well, it might be a good test for that :). For us,
pushing via unstable also works.

(And, just for the record, I was not able to see 7.4.7-6 already in sid,
but just -5 in incoming.)


Cheers,
Andi
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