From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jul 22 14:09:00 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8869A16A42C for ; Fri, 22 Jul 2005 14:09:00 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from leblanc@keyslapper.net) Received: from camomile.cloud9.net (camomile.cloud9.net [168.100.1.3]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EB60E43D46 for ; Fri, 22 Jul 2005 14:08:58 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from leblanc@keyslapper.net) Received: from camomile.cloud9.net (localhost.cloud9.net [127.0.0.1]) by camomile.cloud9.net (Postfix) with SMTP id 4AF1D54CA for ; Fri, 22 Jul 2005 10:08:58 -0400 (EDT) Received: from keyslapper.net (250-119.customer.cloud9.net [168.100.250.119]) by camomile.cloud9.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6851754B2 for ; Fri, 22 Jul 2005 10:08:57 -0400 (EDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by keyslapper.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2F43311479 for ; Fri, 22 Jul 2005 10:08:57 -0400 (EDT) Received: from keyslapper.net ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (keyslapper.net [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 32935-06 for ; Fri, 22 Jul 2005 10:08:57 -0400 (EDT) Received: by keyslapper.net (Postfix, from userid 1001) id F04E111476; Fri, 22 Jul 2005 10:08:56 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2005 10:08:56 -0400 From: Louis LeBlanc To: FreeBSD Questions Message-ID: <20050722140856.GD34840@keyslapper.net> Mail-Followup-To: FreeBSD Questions Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="wac7ysb48OaltWcw" Content-Disposition: inline X-PGP-Key: http://www.keyslapper.net/~leblanc/leblanc-at-keyslapper-net.asc User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at keyslapper.net X-AntiVirus: Checked by Vexira Antivirus v1.5 Cc: Subject: upgrading from 5.4-RELEASE-p4 to 5.4-RELEASE-p5 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2005 14:09:00 -0000 --wac7ysb48OaltWcw Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable There was a new security announcement a couple days ago regarding the devfs subsystem in FreeBSD. The announcement is here: ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-05:17.devfs.asc My question is regarding the upgrade and patch description. I am running 5.4_RELEASE-p4. The alert suggests either patching and rebuilding the kernel or upgrading to 5.4-RELEASE-p5. If I decide to upgrade my source, would it be sufficient (and safe) to just rebuild the kernel, or do I still need to rebuild world? The only files changed between my last build and this one are src/UPDATING src/sys/conf/newvers.sh src/sys/fs/devfs/devfs_vnops.c And for such a small change (I checked the patch, it's literally a 2 line change - sanity check of parameters for the defvs_mknod() call - plus commentary), would it really be necessary to go through the mergemaster process? (from my POV, this is the most tedious and error prone part of the whole process). TIA Lou --=20 Louis LeBlanc FreeBSD-at-keyslapper-DOT-net Fully Funded Hobbyist, KeySlapper Extrordinaire :) Please send off-list email to: leblanc at keyslapper d.t net Key fingerprint =3D C5E7 4762 F071 CE3B ED51 4FB8 AF85 A2FE 80C8 D9A2 Tact, n.: The unsaid part of what you're thinking. --wac7ysb48OaltWcw Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFC4P34r4Wi/oDI2aIRAhK9AJ0V9YsYzFWhmUlvFLuyjM/hEj7LSACfY6Y+ 0IlWKt5M1bSQ7qwsK9aoTF8= =5dgi -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --wac7ysb48OaltWcw--