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Date:      Wed, 5 Feb 2003 09:19:07 +0200
From:      Willie Viljoen <will@unfoldings.net>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: where can i find the security errata and patch section?
Message-ID:  <200302050918.39722.will@unfoldings.net>
In-Reply-To: <3E40827B.30106@myrealbox.com>
References:  <3E40827B.30106@myrealbox.com>

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On Wednesday 05 February 2003 05:18, sweetleaf wrote:
> I coming from openbsd, and have security question about patching.
>
> On openbsd we can review the up2date errata and if there is a security
> issue for which a patch exists, we can download the individual patch an=
d
> use the.....   patch -p0 command to patch the src. and then just rebuil=
d
> the binary / install binary.
>
> The actual page is http://www.openbsd.org/errata.html

The errata for the present production release (4.7), including security=20
advisories, can be found at:

http://www.freebsd.org/releases/4.7R/errata.html

You most likely won't find manual patches though, FreeBSD is patched and=20
upgraded with the CVSup system. This insures that the entire code base is=
=20
upgraded, to prevent dependancy problems and eliminate cruft.

To get cvsup, as root:

cd /usr/ports/net/cvsup;
make install clean;

Then edit the examples in /usr/share/examples/cvsup/ and use them to upgr=
ade=20
the system. More detailed information on the use of CVSup can be found in=
=20
the FreeBSD Handbook (which should be installed in=20
/usr/share/doc/handbook/index.html)

>
>
> I cant find this on the freebsd page and was wondering if such a errata
> w/patch exists for this project as i don't have time to cvs and make
> world often  and would just rather patch things myself.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
>
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