Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2005 12:09:13 -0500 (EST) From: Chris Hill <chris@monochrome.org> To: Romeo Theriault <romeotheriault@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: how to keep a freebsd 6.0 release up to date Message-ID: <20051230120737.L78885@tripel.monochrome.org> In-Reply-To: <19BC7702-0BBB-4EA4-B717-1B07E42196FF@gmail.com> References: <19BC7702-0BBB-4EA4-B717-1B07E42196FF@gmail.com>
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On Fri, 30 Dec 2005, Romeo Theriault wrote: > Hi, I'm interested in how to keep a freebsd 6.0 release up to date > without having to follow the stable branch. All of the security > advisories have instructions on how to patch systems up to 5.4, even > though 6.0 is listed as affected also. I've read that > 'freebsd-update' will do this, is this correct? But if I don't want > to use 'freebsd-update' is there a security branch I can follow with > CVSup. Yes. In your supfile for system updates, put *default tag=RELENG_6_0 Then, when you cvsup, you will get 6.0-RELEASE with the latest security updates. -- Chris Hill chris@monochrome.org ** [ Busy Expunging <|> ]
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