From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Aug 11 01:21:14 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 86E271065678 for ; Thu, 11 Aug 2011 01:21:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from DStaal@usa.net) Received: from mail.magehandbook.com (173-8-4-45-WashingtonDC.hfc.comcastbusiness.net [173.8.4.45]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5AD938FC0A for ; Thu, 11 Aug 2011 01:21:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [192.168.1.50] (Mac-Pro.magehandbook.com [192.168.1.50]) by mail.magehandbook.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6AB89892; Wed, 10 Aug 2011 21:21:13 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2011 21:21:13 -0400 From: Daniel Staal To: "Wright, Jonathon Mr CTR US USA USARPAC" , "'freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org'" Message-ID: <46F365E4DFD3421A4869B342@mac-pro.magehandbook.com> In-Reply-To: <55A74C53CF85244A8000286B9B0313FE19534CB154@SCHOENTB1EXMB02.ap.ds.army.mil> References: <55A74C53CF85244A8000286B9B0313FE19534CB154@SCHOENTB1EXMB02.ap.ds.army.mil> X-Mailer: Mulberry/4.0.8 (Mac OS X) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Cc: Subject: Re: FreeBSD supported versions (UNCLASSIFIED) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: FreeBSD Questions List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2011 01:21:14 -0000 --As of August 10, 2011 1:26:10 PM -1000, Wright, Jonathon Mr CTR US USA USARPAC is alleged to have said: > How do I know as an admin of my FreeBSD server that the version I am > running is supported via automated fashion? I'm trying to find a way to > do this through a script of sorts so that when the date comes, I'm > alerted that I need to upgrade. > > For example on this link: http://www.freebsd.org/security/#sup > It has a table with dates / versions. > How can I query this through the ports tree / or other means? --As for the rest, it is mine. I don't think there is an automated way to do this. Like most OSes, end of life for a particular version is announced ahead of time, and when it occurs, through mailing lists and the media, but there aren't any automatic checks. You can check if there are current patches for your current version, but the lack of patches doesn't mean that there necessarily won't be some at some future time. (I actually can't think of _any_ OS that has support for an 'automated' check of this sort, besides possibly scraping a web page, which you could do with FreeBSD if you wanted.) Daniel T. Staal --------------------------------------------------------------- This email copyright the author. Unless otherwise noted, you are expressly allowed to retransmit, quote, or otherwise use the contents for non-commercial purposes. This copyright will expire 5 years after the author's death, or in 30 years, whichever is longer, unless such a period is in excess of local copyright law. ---------------------------------------------------------------