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Date:      Wed, 08 Feb 2006 22:59:45 -0600
From:      Paul Schmehl <pauls@utdallas.edu>
To:        Chris Maness <chris@chrismaness.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Tracking Security in Ports and Base System
Message-ID:  <8DC2D960165456910FA9441E@Paul-Schmehls-Computer.local>
In-Reply-To: <43EA9782.7060708@chrismaness.com>
References:  <43EA9782.7060708@chrismaness.com>

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--On February 8, 2006 5:14:42 PM -0800 Chris Maness <chris@chrismaness.com> 
wrote:

> Newbie question:
>
> How should I set up cvsup to just track security updates for ports.

Install security/portaudit.  You'll be notified daily regarding any ports 
that need security updates.

> And
> would the best thing to do after I synced CVS, do portupgrade -a so that
> everything selected gets rebuilt.
>
I do portupgrade -ai.  The last thing you want is to be caught by surprise 
when something is updated that you were not expecting.

> What is the equivalent for the base system?

security/freebsd-update

Paul Schmehl (pauls@utdallas.edu)
Adjunct Information Security Officer
University of Texas at Dallas
AVIEN Founding Member
http://www.utdallas.edu/



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