From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Apr 1 19:38:17 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from va.com.au (va.com.au [203.15.106.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D355037B719 for ; Sun, 1 Apr 2001 19:38:14 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jesse@va.com.au) Received: from [10.0.1.52] (61.9.190.29) by va.com.au with ESMTP (Eudora Internet Mail Server 2.2.2); Mon, 2 Apr 2001 12:08:06 +0930 Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Sender: jesse@mail.va.com.au Message-Id: Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2001 12:38:09 +1000 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: jesse reynolds Subject: can FreeBSD apply security updates without making world? Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hi folx I'm having trouble working out how to automatically install the latest security patched versions of server software (eg BIND). I would have thought there'd be a way of getting the latest port, or the latest package if it's available, and installing it. However the problem with ports is that you virtually have to upgrade your OS to the very latest version in order for the latest port to actually build. (not always the case, but mostly). what about packages, is the way to go to download a package for the OS version you're running (eg FreeBSD 3.3-RELEASE or 4.1-RELEASE) and install it over the top of what you've got? What about existing config files? Will installing new packages over the top of already installed ports "just work", or will it require backing up all data/configs and fiddling around with it afterwards? Thanks, and please cc: your responses to my email address, jesse@va.com.au, as i'm not a subscriber to freebsd-questions. Cheers jesse -- Jesse Reynolds - Virtual Artists Pty Ltd - http://www.va.com.au Email: jesse (at) va.com.au > Web Hosting Phone: +61 8 8223 2288 > Streaming Media Hosting ?: http://jesse.va.com.au > Telehousing / Colocation > Internet Application Design "This is the time, and this is the record of the time. " To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message