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Date: Wed, 08 Feb 2006 22:59:45 -0600
From: Paul Schmehl <pauls@utdallas.edu>
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Subject: Re: Tracking Security in Ports and Base System
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--On February 8, 2006 5:14:42 PM -0800 Chris Maness <chris@chrismaness.com> 
wrote:

> Newbie question:
>
> How should I set up cvsup to just track security updates for ports.

Install security/portaudit.  You'll be notified daily regarding any ports 
that need security updates.

> And
> would the best thing to do after I synced CVS, do portupgrade -a so that
> everything selected gets rebuilt.
>
I do portupgrade -ai.  The last thing you want is to be caught by surprise 
when something is updated that you were not expecting.

> What is the equivalent for the base system?

security/freebsd-update

Paul Schmehl (pauls@utdallas.edu)
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