From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Aug 11 01:22:32 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 2A86E106566C for ; Thu, 11 Aug 2011 01:22:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from Jonathon.Wright@us.army.mil) Received: from schobhout.hawaii.army.mil (schobhout.hawaii.army.mil [150.137.11.142]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id A5D028FC18 for ; Thu, 11 Aug 2011 01:22:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: from SCHOENTB1EXMB02.ap.ds.army.mil ([169.254.2.89]) by SCHOENTB1EXHC01.ap.ds.army.mil ([150.137.11.142]) with mapi; Wed, 10 Aug 2011 15:22:30 -1000 From: "Wright, Jonathon Mr CTR US USA USARPAC" To: "'freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org'" Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2011 15:22:29 -1000 Thread-Topic: FreeBSD supported versions (UNCLASSIFIED) Thread-Index: AcxXxPjhod5nLI0MQzm+ig/bQOVk6AAABmcg Message-ID: <55A74C53CF85244A8000286B9B0313FE19534CB157@SCHOENTB1EXMB02.ap.ds.army.mil> References: <55A74C53CF85244A8000286B9B0313FE19534CB154@SCHOENTB1EXMB02.ap.ds.army.mil> <46F365E4DFD3421A4869B342@mac-pro.magehandbook.com> In-Reply-To: <46F365E4DFD3421A4869B342@mac-pro.magehandbook.com> Accept-Language: en-US Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: acceptlanguage: en-US Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: RE: FreeBSD supported versions (UNCLASSIFIED) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2011 01:22:32 -0000 Classification: UNCLASSIFIED Caveats: FOUO Agreed,=20 Just thought it never hurt to ask. You never know.=20 Thanks again for the support.=20 Jonathon Jonathon Wright CISSP, MSIS, SSCP, BSIT RCERT PACIFIC - Architecture Cell Contractor, Quantum Research=20 (808) 438-1094 -----Original Message----- From: Daniel Staal [mailto:DStaal@usa.net]=20 Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2011 3:21 PM To: Wright, Jonathon Mr CTR US USA USARPAC; 'freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org' Subject: Re: FreeBSD supported versions (UNCLASSIFIED) --As of August 10, 2011 1:26:10 PM -1000, Wright, Jonathon Mr CTR US USA US= ARPAC is alleged to have said: > How do I know as an admin of my FreeBSD server that the version I am=20 > running is supported via automated fashion? I'm trying to find a way=20 > to do this through a script of sorts so that when the date comes, I'm=20 > 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 occu= rs, through mailing lists and the media, but there aren't any automatic che= cks. 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 a= t some future time. (I actually can't think of _any_ OS that has support for an 'automated'=20 check of this sort, besides possibly scraping a web page, which you could d= o 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-commer= cial 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. --------------------------------------------------------------- Classification: UNCLASSIFIED Caveats: FOUO