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Alan Bartlett <[log in to unmask]>
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Alan Bartlett <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 7 Oct 2011 00:58:40 +0100
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On 7 October 2011 00:37, Dag Wieers <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Do you have proof that this is a security fix. Because I track the RHEL
> packages and no such update has come through their channels. It seems as if
> the release was simply their official Flash Player 11 release, rather than a
> security fix.
>
> If it is a security fix, even Red Hat is behind. Somehow I don't believe
> that, but for you to provide proof of what you state. Thanks.

Hi Dag,

I strongly suspect that there are certain people posting to this list
who are still new to the RHEL product ethos and, thus, that of its
clones.

As you know, the recommended reading for those persons starts with the
following Red Hat policy regarding the backporting of security fixes
--

http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/backporting/

Regards,
Alan.

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