What BACKPORT means ?

From: Dmitry Blinoff <dbprok_at_ropnet.ru>
Date: 29 Apr 1998 05:41:56 GMT
Message-ID: <01bd7331$829f4670$0a00a8c0@dmitry-nt>

Hello !

I found the following string in README.txt from Oracle patch and don't know what it means :

Backport Description

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473039 Please backport 362688 to 7.3.3 on Windows NT 4.0

Can anyone explain what backport means and what should I actually do ?

Dmitry, dbprok_at_ropnet.ru Received on Wed Apr 29 1998 - 00:41:56 CDT