From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Aug 11 01:42:59 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 6F305106566C for ; Thu, 11 Aug 2011 01:42:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kudzu@tenebras.com) Received: from mail-gx0-f182.google.com (mail-gx0-f182.google.com [209.85.161.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 36A3F8FC0A for ; Thu, 11 Aug 2011 01:42:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: by gxk28 with SMTP id 28so1263854gxk.13 for ; Wed, 10 Aug 2011 18:42:58 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.236.180.1 with SMTP id i1mr10074328yhm.133.1313026978288; Wed, 10 Aug 2011 18:42:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.236.207.38 with HTTP; Wed, 10 Aug 2011 18:42:58 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <46F365E4DFD3421A4869B342@mac-pro.magehandbook.com> References: <55A74C53CF85244A8000286B9B0313FE19534CB154@SCHOENTB1EXMB02.ap.ds.army.mil> <46F365E4DFD3421A4869B342@mac-pro.magehandbook.com> Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2011 18:42:58 -0700 Message-ID: From: Michael Sierchio To: FreeBSD Questions Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: "Wright, Jonathon Mr CTR US USA USARPAC" 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 01:42:59 -0000 man freebsd-update On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 6:21 PM, Daniel Staal wrote: > --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. =A0Like most OSes, en= d 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 automat= ic > checks. =A0You 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. =A0Unless otherwise noted, you > are expressly allowed to retransmit, quote, or otherwise use > the contents for non-commercial purposes. =A0This 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. > --------------------------------------------------------------- > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.o= rg" >