From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 23 01:56:16 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D031C37B401 for ; Mon, 23 Jun 2003 01:56:16 -0700 (PDT) Received: from hypernet.hyper.net (hypernet.hyper.net [193.218.1.1]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BB3B843FAF for ; Mon, 23 Jun 2003 01:56:08 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dxoch@escape.gr) Received: from escape.gr (bus.hyper.gr [193.218.2.30])h5N8Fc806127 for ; Mon, 23 Jun 2003 11:15:41 +0300 Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2003 11:54:54 +0300 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v552) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed From: Jim Xochellis To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <5BC51B1E-A558-11D7-B54A-003065C4E486@escape.gr> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.552) Subject: About Patches X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2003 08:56:17 -0000 Hi List, I need to apply some security patches to my FreeBSD(i386) 4.7-RELEASE box and I am concerned about the possibility that I could actually harm my system while trying to apply this patches. (I am not a Unix guru actually) 1) Do I have to apply the security patches in a specific order? 2) Is there a chance were a patch requires a previous one? (In my case some patches are not applicable) 3) What if the code is not in the state that the patch requires? (For instance if I have updated that port) 4) Are the patches clever enough to protect me from harming my system? 5) Is there a safe way to undo a patch? Thank you very much for your time Jim Xochellis