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Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Deepak Naidu <deepak_nai@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: Patching to FreeBSD 5.4-p7
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David Kirchner wrote:
> On 10/9/05, Deepak Naidu <deepak_nai@yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
>>Hi,
>>     I want to know ow to upgarde or patch my FreeBSD 5.4 version to FreeBSD 5.4-p7
>>
>>Cheers,
>>Deepak Naidu.
> 
> 
> The common response to this is that it's in the handbook. I'm trying
> to find it there, though, and am having a lot of trouble. "upgrade"
> and "patch" search terms don't find it. There is some mention of using
> cvsup in "Cutting edge", but given the title I don't think that's what
> is recommended for everyone.
> 
> I could just be missing the magic search keyword for this, though.
> Maybe someone here has it?
> 
> In any case, I believe you can run cvsup, using the example file
> /usr/share/examples/cvsup/standard-supfile , using the tag RELENG_5_4
> . I'm not exactly sure what the official patch recommendation is
> though.

When I did it I followed the directions in "Cutting edge" only I used 
the RELENG_5_4 tag.

Also, freebsd-update http://www.daemonology.net/freebsd-update/ is 
supposed to allow you to install security patches.  It's in the ports 
under /usr/ports/security/freebsd-update.

HTH
Micah