Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2006 13:34:14 -0500 From: daniel <danstemporaryaccount@yahoo.ca> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Upgrading to n-STABLE or RELENG_x Message-ID: <200603221334.14500.danstemporaryaccount@yahoo.ca>
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FreeBSD will occasionally release security advisories detailing the badness surrounding a single package and will often include the following as the solution: 1) Upgrade your vulnerable system to 4-STABLE, 5-STABLE, or 6-STABLE, or to the RELENG_6_0, RELENG_5_4, RELENG_5_3, RELENG_4_11, or RELENG_4_10 security branch dated after the correction date. What does this mean? And how do I do it? The current output of "uname -a" on my machine right now is: FreeBSD <hostname> 5.3-RELEASE FreeBSD 5.3-RELEASE #0: Wed Nov 30 16:39:45 EST 2005 <user>@<hostname>:/usr/src/sys/i386/compile/<hostname> i386 Does 5.3-RELEASE == 5-STABLE? Why are security advisories not reported by way of portaudit? Any help would be very much appreciated. -- Thanks be to God that gave me stubborness when I know I am right. - John Adams
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