From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Apr 19 5:16: 8 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from bodb.mc.mpls.visi.com (bodb.mc.mpls.visi.com [208.42.156.104]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2445B37B416 for ; Fri, 19 Apr 2002 05:16:04 -0700 (PDT) Received: from sheol.localdomain (hawkeyd-fw.dsl.visi.com [208.42.101.193]) by bodb.mc.mpls.visi.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3E5935007; Fri, 19 Apr 2002 07:16:03 -0500 (CDT) Received: (from hawkeyd@localhost) by sheol.localdomain (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g3JCFvL03141; Fri, 19 Apr 2002 07:15:57 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from hawkeyd) Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2002 07:15:57 -0500 (CDT) Message-Id: <200204191215.g3JCFvL03141@sheol.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Newsreader: knews 1.0b.1 Reply-To: hawkeyd@visi.com Organization: if (!FIFO) if (!LIFO) break; References: <1019175741.22772.5.camel_darkstar.turnbull.org@ns.sol.net> In-Reply-To: <1019175741.22772.5.camel_darkstar.turnbull.org@ns.sol.net> From: hawkeyd@visi.com (D J Hawkey Jr) Subject: Re: updated install files for 4.5-R after security patches? X-Original-Newsgroups: sol.lists.freebsd.hackers To: dsturnbull@optushome.com.au, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In article <1019175741.22772.5.camel_darkstar.turnbull.org@ns.sol.net>, dsturnbull@optushome.com.au writes: > I installed 4.5-RELEASE the other day, and then this zlib security > advisory came out and I got to wondering.. are the install files for > 4.5-RELEASE updated after patches are put into RELENG_4_5? If you mean, "Are the 4.5-RELEASE ISO images or CD-ROMs updated to reflect bug fixes?", then, no, they're not. The usual and recommended way to update an installed system is documented in the FreeBSD Handbook (http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/index.html), Sections 9 and 19. In a nutshell, one uses the 'cvsup' tool to freshen your source code, then one rebuilds and installs the OS and/or kernel. It's not as daunting a task as it sounds. As it turns out, there's a very recent thread in freebsd-security about this very topic, if you want to know the ups and downs about it. BTW, freebsd-hackers is not the appropriate venue for questions like this. Neither is freebsd-security, actually. Try freebsd-questions next time. Dave -- Windows: "Where do you want to go today?" Linux: "Where do you want to go tomorrow?" FreeBSD: "Are you guys coming, or what?" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message