From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jul 30 05:56:06 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BB05D16A418 for ; Mon, 30 Jul 2007 05:56:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rakheshster@gmail.com) Received: from wx-out-0506.google.com (wx-out-0506.google.com [66.249.82.235]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7B69913C46A for ; Mon, 30 Jul 2007 05:56:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rakheshster@gmail.com) Received: by wx-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id i29so1216649wxd for ; Sun, 29 Jul 2007 22:56:05 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:received:date:x-x-sender:to:cc:subject:in-reply-to:message-id:references:mime-version:content-type:from:sender; b=rSmgC90EavBB1/qR4fJRdvgz9RH6hP2ypBDubYuuT8SjZ5deIqsfdoU/3EguvkYjOyvd8IYrVetC5OPiYecQRrn6F4zrBC2LTgrTC4sNrAFY+cmC4Yk1nfOZ8wqJ1AKFyxsFGGA2q/SMzhrykAFvxCw8BWgsiDSF3v92lez5vHw= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:date:x-x-sender:to:cc:subject:in-reply-to:message-id:references:mime-version:content-type:from:sender; b=NWTV0WPZ2OeJ5KHvxo2gSBcf6dwHtJ1c9Re+tN5HlqUAX6s34zmiUCxVB6z41EKzQKfEezcRHRa8Yx9Jj+SzBtVjjOlEscl6aRqUi7sKABaGKR8VQXkRujx0otYMoo1VoiufO/BDB8Xv4UCBE9JhCy3baQa/TsA6nF7EwZwdggE= Received: by 10.90.35.15 with SMTP id i15mr1469953agi.1185774965822; Sun, 29 Jul 2007 22:56:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp.home.rakhesh.com ( [82.178.139.14]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 7sm2891628aga.2007.07.29.22.56.00 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Sun, 29 Jul 2007 22:56:04 -0700 (PDT) Received: from scrat.home.rakhesh.com (scrat.home.rakhesh.com [192.168.17.31]) by smtp.home.rakhesh.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id AAC5C11420; Mon, 30 Jul 2007 09:55:38 +0400 (GST) Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2007 09:55:38 +0400 (GST) X-X-Sender: rakhesh@scrat.home.rakhesh.com To: PowerMan In-Reply-To: <76c271ae0707292048x1a2719bbw3b32085c40f7439@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <20070730094147.X97842@scrat.home.rakhesh.com> References: <76c271ae0707292048x1a2719bbw3b32085c40f7439@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed From: Rakhesh Sasidharan Sender: Rakhesh Sasidharan Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: A simple question about patches for FreeBSD from http://security.freebsd.org/patches X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2007 05:56:06 -0000 > 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 > to > 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