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Date:      Mon, 26 Feb 2007 10:53:20 -0800
From:      "Josh Carroll" <josh.carroll@gmail.com>
To:        Jerry <jerrymc@msu.edu>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Patches in FreeBSD
Message-ID:  <8cb6106e0702261053k5cf8c64eod62cb2cd498bb87a@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20070226184043.GA59508@gizmo.acns.msu.edu>
References:  <20070226184043.GA59508@gizmo.acns.msu.edu>

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> My question is:   How do I respond to this?
> I have seen the word patch used in security update messages - but
> didn't follow that path.   Is that real?   Does it cover kernel
> things essentially on the fly or is a 'time consuming' rebuild
> still needed?

6.2 now official supports binary patches via freebsd-update(8). From
the 6.2-RELEASE announcement
(http://www.freebsd.org/releases/6.2R/announce.html):

"freebsd-update(8) provides officially supported binary updates for
security fixes and errata patches"

So there's your response. :)

Josh



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