From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jul 30 06:31:28 2004 Return-Path: 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 012FD16A4CE for ; Fri, 30 Jul 2004 06:31:28 +0000 (GMT) Received: from btito.demon.nl (btito.demon.nl [212.238.216.10]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9A90D43D53 for ; Fri, 30 Jul 2004 06:31:27 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from lists@magicfingers.org) Received: from localhost.btito.local (localhost.btito.local [127.0.0.1]) by btito.demon.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id A3D691FB9A for ; Fri, 30 Jul 2004 08:30:34 +0200 (CEST) Received: from btito.demon.nl (localhost.btito.local [127.0.0.1]) by localhost.btito.local (AvMailGate-2.0.2-6) id 18854-05AA4705; Fri, 30 Jul 2004 08:30:34 +0200 Received: from [10.185.240.49] (gateway.azr.nl [156.83.254.8]) by mail.btito.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 69A2E1FB99 for ; Fri, 30 Jul 2004 08:30:34 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <4109EB17.7060205@magicfingers.org> Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2004 08:30:47 +0200 From: Bob Tito User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.7.2 (Windows/20040707) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: questions@freebsd.org References: <20040729141746.S73006@cs.selu.edu> In-Reply-To: <20040729141746.S73006@cs.selu.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-AntiVirus: checked by AntiVir MailGate (version: 2.0.2-6; AVE: 6.26.0.10; VDF: 6.26.0.51; host: cyrus.btito.local) Subject: Re: openssl/openssh from ports or base? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2004 06:31:28 -0000 Jason P Holland wrote: >Hello, > >What is the preferred method that people are using for keeping openssl and >openssh up to date? Are most people using the ports version? Or the base >version? Seems like if there is a vunlerability released, its much easier >to cvsup the ports tree and reinstall. But if you use the base versions, >is there a way to update that without doing a complete >buildworld/installworld? Just curious what other freebsd users are doing. >Thanks > > I am quite happy with freebsd-update which fetches prebuild binaries if needed. Until now i fecthed updates just a couple of hours after an advisory. When using the GENERIC kernel you can get the updated kernel as well. Regards, Bob >Jason >_______________________________________________ >freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >