From owner-freebsd-security Tue Jun 12 21:39:45 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from comp1.mastery.ca (comp1.mastery.ca [209.202.88.60]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2E41937B408 for ; Tue, 12 Jun 2001 21:39:31 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mail@max-info.net) Received: from 78kw954 (dyn216-8-128-110.ADSL.mnsi.net [216.8.128.110]) (authenticated) by comp1.mastery.ca (8.11.3/8.11.1) with ESMTP id f5D4cfL26615; Wed, 13 Jun 2001 00:38:44 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from mail@max-info.net) Message-ID: <016a01c0f3c2$19f27920$3200a8c0@Home> From: "Ryan Masse" To: "Rob Simmons" Cc: References: Subject: Re: RELENG_4_3 Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2001 00:33:44 -0400 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > > I have a box that has already been updated to 4.3-STABLE from 4.3-RELEASE. > I would like to run the RELENG_4_3 branch on this machine. not sure what exactly you mean by this. RELENG_4_3 is a security branch specifically for 4.3-RELEASE. The standard make buildworld/installworld/kernel would update your 4.3-RELEASE box with the latest security fixes. Mergemaster in this situation can be skipped. > > What is the best way to go about this? The buildworld/installworld/kernel > part is straightforward. How would I get mergemaster to work in this > situation. The versions of some of the config files on the system are > higher than the versions that I want to install. I realize that I could > use the -s option, but that could get tedious. > > Also, is this even a safe thing to do? > Ryan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message