Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2008 08:20:00 +0200 From: Anselm Strauss <amsibamsi@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Tracking base system and kernel updates/vulnerabilities Message-ID: <5333CCB7-19A1-4EA3-BAAE-7771DAF19A53@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <44tzi36kgx.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> References: <A6A15CCD-212C-48D8-8B59-05C296434E86@gmail.com> <44tzi36kgx.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
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On Apr 15, 2008, at 20:28 , Lowell Gilbert wrote: > Anselm Strauss <amsibamsi@gmail.com> writes: > >> is there a tool, like portaudit for the ports tree, to track updates >> and/or vulnerabilities for the base system and the kernel? What I'm >> looking for is a tool that will check my current installation against >> a specific checkout of the CVS source and kernel trees considering a >> specific CVS tag and inform me where my system is outdated and >> vulnerable. I don't know if this is even possible by just having the >> CVS trees ... >> >> For the kernel, is there something like a linear version number in >> the >> -STABLE branches? I noticed there's a pX in the kernel version for >> release kernels. How do I for example compare the currentness of two >> 7.0-STABLE kernels if I don't know from what source they were build? > > freebsd-update(8) Yep, that's exactly what I was looking for (must have overlooked it). Had some trouble until I noticed it will only work if the running kernel has a -RELEASE tag in it's uname, but now I also see how this works with the patch version. I have 2 small questions left: - Can I somehow determine the version of the base system without running uname on the kernel (I could have a release base system but run a stable kernel for example)? Sure, I could take the indirect way over freebsd-update again, but is there some sort of version information stored in the base system? - Is there some list of all possible components in the base system? So far I've seen src, kernel and world. Are there more? Thanks, Anselm
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