> >  (Not quite) following NetBSD Security Advisory 2002-001, I updated the
> >  complete kernel sources, not only the listed files, from netbsd-1-5, and
> >  I was kindof suprised that after the next reboot I was running a netbsd
> >  1.5.3_alpha kernel :-)
> 
> netbsd-1-5 is the correct branch, netbsd-1-5-PATCH002 is just a tag on
> that branch for the 1.5.2 release. The kernel post-1.5.2 on that
> netbsd-1-5 branch is indeed versioned 1.5.3_ALPHA.
 
 Very interesting :)

 Thank you very much for the quick response!