Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2007 09:55:38 +0400 (GST) From: Rakhesh Sasidharan <rakhesh@rakhesh.com> To: PowerMan <powerman1st@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: A simple question about patches for FreeBSD from http://security.freebsd.org/patches Message-ID: <20070730094147.X97842@scrat.home.rakhesh.com> In-Reply-To: <76c271ae0707292048x1a2719bbw3b32085c40f7439@mail.gmail.com> References: <76c271ae0707292048x1a2719bbw3b32085c40f7439@mail.gmail.com>
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> Is that mean if I use 5.5-release, I should apply all the patches above and > > if I use 6.2-release I need only apply the > FreeBSD-SA-07:05.libarchive.asc<http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-07:05.libarchive.asc>; > to > FreeBSD-SA-07:02.bind.asc<http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-07:02.bind.asc>; > ? > > Is that right? I'm not sure. (To be frank, I hadn't looked at the advisories so far. Since no one's answered your question yet, I just had a look at them to see if I can throw some light). The reason I say I am not sure is that if you click on the FreeBSD-SA-07:04.file.asc advisory for instance, you'll see that it applies to *all* FreeBSD releases. So if you are on the 6.2 release, this is one patch you have to apply. I'd suppose there are other patches too that similarly might apply to the 6.2 release. If you are on FreeBSD 6.2, use the freebsd-update tool to keep your system up-to-date. That automatically fetches the patches necessary for your system. If you are on FreeBSD 5.5, install this tool from ports. Regards, Rakhesh
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