From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Feb 13 13:08:12 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA07613 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Fri, 13 Feb 1998 13:08:12 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mail.netcetera.dk (root@sleipner.netcetera.dk [194.192.207.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA07602 for ; Fri, 13 Feb 1998 13:08:03 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from leifn@image.dk) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by mail.netcetera.dk (8.8.8/8.8.8) with UUCP id VAA20049 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Fri, 13 Feb 1998 21:14:17 +0100 Received: by swimsuit.swimsuit.roskildebc.dk (0.99.970109) id AA03696; 13 Feb 98 20:16:44 +0100 From: leifn@image.dk (Leif Neland) Date: 12 Feb 98 14:19:28 +0100 Subject: Re: Upgrading freeBSD Message-ID: <0ce_9802132016@swimsuit.swimsuit.roskildebc.dk> References: <34E18062.7A8E@cableinet.co.uk> <19980212103135.39573@iii.co.uk> Organization: Fidonet: Swimsuit Safari. Go for it. To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG At 12 Feb 98 11:31:36 nik@iii.co.uk wrote regarding Re: Upgrading freeBSD n> Keep in mind that you don't need to upgrade if the system is n> already keeping up with the load you're putting on it. I know of n> a couple of sites which run FreeBSD 2.0 for various things. The n> admins keep up with the latest security advisories and make sure n> that the holes are fixed, but apart from that they don't need to n> move to a new release of the OS. But on the other hand, it might be easier just to keep -stable by cvsup'ing the whole stuff regularly instead of having to apply patches for the security-stuff, and have to select the stuff yourself. Leif Neland leifn@image.dk --- |Fidonet: Leif Neland 2:234/49 |Internet: leifn@image.dk To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message