Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2004 09:30:45 +0100 From: "horcy" <horcy@textonly.demon.nl> To: <freebsd-security@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: FreeBSD source auto patcher script Message-ID: <001001c401c3$00b774d0$0400a8c0@josbox> References: <4046B025.5010603@roq.com>
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Hi Michael, That Sounds like some super cool stuff. Going to check it out. Thx! horcy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Vince" <michael@roq.com> To: <freebsd-security@freebsd.org> Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2004 5:27 AM Subject: FreeBSD source auto patcher script > Hi all > I thought I would let you people know of a script that I coded that > facilitates security patch updating on FreeBSD. When I wrote it I > decided to called it Quickpatch for some reason even though because its > source based its not necessarily the least bit quick at all :) I had > kept it for my self for a while but I was recently provoked to release > it as it could do greater good being out there on the net, because its > in Perl its quite hackable for custom needs. > > http://www.roq.com/projects/quickpatch/ > > It has the ability to do a range of different update tasks. These > features include the ability to easily verify (using PGP) any and all > advisories, easy setup and use of CVSUP for source and ports tree > updates. Ability to extract all the useful data out of the official > FreeBSD security advisories, such as necessary patch commands, security > advisory topic, exact hours since the patch was made/released, then can > create ready to run patch files or display/email a full report of that > information. Also, it can optionally apply the patch files with no > attendance. Because its highly cronable you can schedule in a 'patch > mode' kernel recompile and reboot at early morning hours to minimize > down time inconvenience to others. > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-security@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-security > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-security-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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