Date: 07 Jan 2004 14:09:56 -0500 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: duanewinner@att.net Cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: staying 'up-to-date' questions Message-ID: <44brpf1sor.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <1073497489.3925.22.camel@closetotheedge> References: <1073497489.3925.22.camel@closetotheedge>
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Duane Winner <duanewinner@att.net> writes: > How do I know when to build a new kernel? How will I know when there is > a security patch for the kernel? > If I cronjob cvsup and rebuild the kernel once a week, will I be up to > date? Well, you'll never be more than a week out of date that way. If you're using a security branch, there no point in updating unless there's a security advisory (http://www.freebsd.org/security/#adv), which would be publicized on the FreeBSD Security Notifications mailing list (http://www.freebsd.org/security/#ml). username/password "public"
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