Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2021 13:10:26 +0000 From: tech-lists <tech-lists@zyxst.net> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: possibly silly question regarding freebsd-update Message-ID: <YGR0wnGlI%2BRJ4uCz@ceres.zyxst.net> In-Reply-To: <YGNle2yVYaL3vHbZ@geeks.org> References: <YGMpE5uWvRy8Xdql@cloud.zyxst.net> <aad6ecc5-f6b0-92c5-1acb-e9666760e813@madpilot.net> <7e96f815-2955-cfd2-cf6d-16187bc5a233@denninger.net> <YGNLkDpHtIuaO3xp@in-addr.com> <c16bfed1-52bb-560c-c73f-1edd0c1f876e@denninger.net> <YGNXq2DGltcwq%2Boc@cloud.zyxst.net> <YGNle2yVYaL3vHbZ@geeks.org>
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--E4G+WkgWhh8hYA6i Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi, On Tue, Mar 30, 2021 at 12:52:59PM -0500, Doug McIntyre wrote: >On Tue, Mar 30, 2021 at 05:54:03PM +0100, tech-lists wrote: >> it just threw me that the thing-that-was-updated didn't update its >> version information when queried. Absent sources, how can I tell it >> was updated (apart from freebsd-version -u) ? > >Comparing what the SA patch says it is doing at >https://security.freebsd.org/patches/SA-21:07/openssl-12.patch >appears to be only update the libcrypto library and not the openssl wrappe= r itself, you can >verify that after the 12.2-p5 patch was installed that the file > > /lib/libcrypto.so.111 > >has been touched and is a newer date than what was on the machine prior to= the patch. > >Yes, this takes some knowledge of the specific patch, and what parts >contribute to what it is doing. > >I don't know the specific decisions on when RELEASE backports security >patches vs. upgrading whole source trees. Thanks for the clear explanation.=20 --=20 J. --E4G+WkgWhh8hYA6i Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIzBAABCAAdFiEE8n3tWhxW11Ccvv9/s8o7QhFzNAUFAmBkdK8ACgkQs8o7QhFz NAWezA//YT6injHITk6oAE9GHSYwrUeOLtWullnBN0CKtwBDOcdWGK87ewdX0Amj sAeQ4ZAsi5jr+GIuj4PWhltEjVSal3Qm8cWotXkUfRfBhs11JpbvDTxErIuOaw9e xe3aG2siSMeyxXDCMPSvluuxj/QcssHlGVsYCTea+Ifq7vydxtR3FRXv5VEsU8Zz TqSRC4iBrVKF9BSQV/8p4COXBREs+gjxk2hrZWCQNLZnqxAtr8mbfGhqjabALnUv X4mWKVTZFTlv85IKFH2Bd7KGQSb21Cnt031FX62BqrYgvXlkf83Gjjj9KZ/QoGDk IRu45TOf6VIy0sLhfoBXUTl9YXI14ATppgAkm6DYMjX8iKbNh003dd/YHiob/o0P kghlWm75khfoLY3KDqpbi3njWj0PthneSNqXmBaY/q+FAP47zc0r1c3IVqjeEdB6 rYa6pQmQ7X+Ch4OXw2gb/PLAyo4BuSN9NAqm/cZecpNyhSNUAJLQakpHfPyGH3Vx 3XJXPQcXQyLMgYByjk25YLqCTiMD3M0OY9F9urQbY8HnXc9Lfk0dI1D9m5Xrnfl5 gSoouN/7sdv6Po0yKPjxrPCcBvCnJ/W++yPh0WjjQEtPbxOmvY1k9LLZo2S3k5au nMN8miRdbDBPRLUXKc5pmoMgiz3ceLLgKLkDspczWk/MGpVE7Ag= =UYGg -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --E4G+WkgWhh8hYA6i--
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