Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2004 11:42:58 -0600 From: Chris <racerx@makeworld.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: question on OpenSSL Message-ID: <200403181142.58884.racerx@makeworld.com> In-Reply-To: <6.1.0.3.2.20040318112121.00a61cf0@localhost> References: <6.1.0.3.2.20040318112121.00a61cf0@localhost>
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On Thursday 18 March 2004 11:23 am, J.D. Bronson wrote: > I noticed of course the patch out for OpenSSL...is there anyway > to patch openssl and not have to make world? > > I have done a tremendous amount of custom binary installs and know that > this would blow up if I tried it. > > My other OSs that I use (like Solaris) - I can simply recompile the new > OpenSSL tarball and install it. All of my apps use 'shared' files, so that > works out perfect. > > Any thoughts on this please? > If you did not update your src, you might consider looking into freebsd-update. From what I hear, it updates only the binaries. it's in /usr/ports/security/freebsd-update And, from the pkd-descr: more pkg-descr This is the client half of the FreeBSD Update system; it fetches and applies binary security updates. WWW: http://www.daemonology.net/freebsd-update/ Best regards, Chris
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