From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Wed May 12 08:58:21 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 711B616A4CE for ; Wed, 12 May 2004 08:58:21 -0700 (PDT) Received: from fw.farid-hajji.net (fw.farid-hajji.net [213.146.115.42]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DBA6343D2D for ; Wed, 12 May 2004 08:58:20 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from cpghost@cordula.ws) Received: from fw.farid-hajji.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by fw.farid-hajji.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id C9C884082C; Wed, 12 May 2004 17:57:38 +0200 (CEST) From: Cordula's Web To: omnafees@student.cs.uwaterloo.ca In-reply-to: (omnafees@student.cs.uwaterloo.ca) X-Mailer: Emacs-21.3.1/FreeBSD-4.10-BETA References: Message-Id: <20040512155738.C9C884082C@fw.farid-hajji.net> Date: Wed, 12 May 2004 17:57:38 +0200 (CEST) cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Keeping FreeBSD up-to-date X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: cpghost@cordula.ws List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 12 May 2004 15:58:21 -0000 > What is the most automated way to keep the FreeBSD base up-to-date? I know > that the binary upgrade option in sysinstall can be used to upgrade the base > to the latest release... but does this take into account new Security > Advisories? Synchronizing your sources with cvsup, and then recompiling the whole system is IMHO the easiest method to keep up to date: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/makeworld.html Many people run a cron job to track RELENG_4 or just the security branch. > Any pointers to appropriate documentation would be helpful as well. > > Thanks, > Omar Cheers, -cpghost. -- Cordula's Web. http://www.cordula.ws/