Date: Wed, 08 Feb 2006 17:51:01 -0800 From: Chris Maness <chris@chrismaness.com> To: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Tracking Security in Ports and Base System Message-ID: <43EAA005.8080101@chrismaness.com> In-Reply-To: <20060209014116.GA63776@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <43EA9782.7060708@chrismaness.com> <20060209014116.GA63776@xor.obsecurity.org>
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Kris Kennaway wrote: >On Wed, Feb 08, 2006 at 05:14:42PM -0800, Chris Maness wrote: > > >>Newbie question: >> >>How should I set up cvsup to just track security updates for ports. >> >> > >You can't, but you can track the entire thing and use portaudit to >identify ports in need of security upgrade. > >Kris > How would I keep from upgrading EVERYTHING when I track the whole tree. I just fixed a FreeBSD equivalent of DLL hell when I synced the tree. I now understand portupgrade -r so I can probably avoid that nasty expireience again. This is a production server, and I don't want to hose it up. Thanks for the Help Chris Maness
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