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>     I'm just wonder Why patching is not used instead of source update..
> it's patching source tree too for security bugs ... I checking output of the
> cvsup -g -L 2 stable-supfile command . it's only download openssh , bind and
> like this almost what writen in security advisories .

Personally, I prefer to have the current sources on the machine,
so I can examine security breaches etc...

But the main advantage is that downloading source diffs requires
much less bandwidth than, say, newly compiled binaries. Tracking
-STABLE or -CURRENT with cvsup via a 56k modem line is a viable
option. I wouldn't like to download big binaries everytime a
small patch fixes something.

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