From owner-freebsd-security Fri May 12 9:47:18 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from easeway.com (ns1.easeway.com [209.69.39.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CE8DB37B5D7; Fri, 12 May 2000 09:47:09 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mwlucas@easeway.com) Received: (from mwlucas@localhost) by easeway.com (8.8.8/8.8.5) id MAA04341; Fri, 12 May 2000 12:32:06 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <200005121632.MAA04341@easeway.com> Subject: Re: Applying patches with out a compiler In-Reply-To: from Robert Watson at "May 12, 0 12:40:04 pm" To: rwatson@FreeBSD.ORG (Robert Watson) Date: Fri, 12 May 100 12:32:06 -0400 (EDT) Cc: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG From: mwlucas@exceptionet.com X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL32 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > Would replace the faulty binaries with better ones, and leave behind a > package install record so you could easily determine which security > patches are installed. And if appropriate, could back up the original > binaries allowing pkg_delete to restore the original state. > > Any thoughts on this? Thougts? How about, "yes, please, sir!" Make world is nice, but doesn't cut it on a 486. Many of my clients don't run NFS, so I have to bring along my laptop NFS server. A buncha users don't have that option, I'm sure. ==ml -- Michael Lucas | Exceptionet, Inc. | www.exceptionet.com "Exceptional Networking" | To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message