Date: Sun, 13 Jun 2004 10:30:39 +0300 From: Haim Ashkenazi <haim@babysnakes.org> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: keeping my freebsd secure... Message-ID: <pan.2004.06.13.07.30.38.232781@babysnakes.org> References: <pan.2004.06.12.09.01.59.52173@babysnakes.org> <40CB2BC2.4070201@mac.com> <pan.2004.06.13.00.02.49.681547@babysnakes.org> <40CBAC5A.4050507@meijome.net>
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On Sun, 13 Jun 2004 11:22:34 +1000, Norberto Meijome wrote: > >> I've tried to upgrade with portupgrade the three packages that according >> to portaudit have problems (mc, png, mysql-client). the response was that >> there's no need to upgrade (version stays the same). do I stay with these >> versions and try to upgrade every day (until a fix will be released) or is >> there some setting I have to change in order to access a newer version? >> [...] > > Your ports directory hasn't been updated. Portupgrade will check what > you have installed against the metadata in the port directory and decide > whether to upgrade or not. > >> sorry if these are basic questions, I'm sure that I can find all the >> answers on the web but as I said before, I have to make this server >> up and running in 2 days and I want at least to keep it safe... > > check the section in the FreeBSD handbook about keepiny your system up > to date with cvsup. You should do this both for your ports collection > and your source tree (to patch/upgrade it, as it is independent of the > port system). Here, you will also have to decide whether to follow > -STABLE or -CURRENT. does the -STABLE branch on the ports offer all the security fixes (the example file use -CURRENT)? I remember reading somewhere that the -CURRENT ports are not guaranteed to compile under stable system. btw, I have an old book "The complete FreeBSD" which I bought about 4 years ago (when I thought of trying freeBSD. I didn't use it then because I couldn't make it recognize my ISDN). is it still relevant? -- Haim
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