Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2001 14:50:07 -0500 From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: abdulla <almuhairi@pop.softhome.net> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Patching Message-ID: <15073.58479.640534.304448@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <76418464@toto.iv>
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abdulla <almuhairi@pop.softhome.net> types: > I bought The Complete FreeBSD book with the 4 CDs ( my way of supporting > them :) ) from what I read, I need to have a full copy of the source in > order to update FreeBSD. I have seen security patches in the FTP sites, > and all I want is to apply them. Do I have to do a one day compiling to > apply these patches? Can't I just patch FreeBSD with a command similar to > rpm -Uvh xxxx.rpm in linux? You already have a full copy of the sources - they are on the 4 CD set. You may need to install those. You can apply the source patches to each command, then rebuild and reinstall just that command. As far as I know, no one provides binary patches for FreeBSD. <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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