From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Feb 28 13:36:16 2003 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 E97B237B405 for ; Fri, 28 Feb 2003 13:36:14 -0800 (PST) Received: from obsecurity.dyndns.org (adsl-63-207-60-52.dsl.lsan03.pacbell.net [63.207.60.52]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9248643F3F for ; Fri, 28 Feb 2003 13:36:13 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kris@obsecurity.org) Received: from rot13.obsecurity.org (rot13.obsecurity.org [10.0.0.5]) by obsecurity.dyndns.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4A704679DA; Fri, 28 Feb 2003 13:36:13 -0800 (PST) Received: by rot13.obsecurity.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 3707C1249; Fri, 28 Feb 2003 13:36:13 -0800 (PST) Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2003 13:36:13 -0800 From: Kris Kennaway To: Stephen Hoover Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Updating parts of the system.. Message-ID: <20030228213613.GB87764@rot13.obsecurity.org> References: <00e801c2df71$047ca010$6702a8c0@cutlass442> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="IrhDeMKUP4DT/M7F" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <00e801c2df71$047ca010$6702a8c0@cutlass442> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG --IrhDeMKUP4DT/M7F Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On Fri, Feb 28, 2003 at 03:33:21PM -0600, Stephen Hoover wrote: > I was wondering if it was feasible to update just parts of the FreeBSD > system without updating the whole thing...for instance the recent OpenSSL > update - is it possible to update just OpenSSL on say a FreeBSD 4.3 box > without updating the whole system? From what I have read it doesn't look to > be possible, (outside of installing from ports, but I want to upgrade what > actually came with the FreeBSD install) but I just wanted to check with the > experts. It's not supported in general, but if you know what you're doing you can often do it. The upgrade instructions in the security advisory may be useful. Kris --IrhDeMKUP4DT/M7F Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE+X9ZMWry0BWjoQKURAqihAKDIk2Nqdb0GtE2vmmDd0RYbpUtlNACcD1sO HNh6r5BqNhHD2h3Ucks3QzQ= =9vCT -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --IrhDeMKUP4DT/M7F-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message