Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2002 21:54:40 +1200 From: Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz> To: Brian McCann <bjm1287@ritvax.rit.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Patch/Update via ports? Message-ID: <20020629095439.GA51595@grimoire.chen.org.nz> In-Reply-To: <014801c21f11$2a1af4f0$1500a8c0@mobilecube> References: <014801c21f11$2a1af4f0$1500a8c0@mobilecube>
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On Fri, Jun 28, 2002 at 10:03:29PM -0400, Brian McCann wrote:
> Hi all...this is my first post/visit to the list. I'm a former Linux guy
> who did a complete 180 an decided that after seeing FreeBSD, that Linux was
> horrible, and FreeBSD was awesome! :) That being said...I have a simple
> question. I have a few web servers already up and running on FreeBSD 4.5.
> My problem is that the version of Apache they are running is the one that is
> vulnerable to the new worm. My question is, how do I go about updating the
> install without deinstalling and re-installing the port? I figured there's
> gotta be a "make patch" command, but I don't want to mess up my production
> boxes to try, and all my "play" boxes are newer, thus have the newer version
> of Apache. I've already ran cvsup and gotten the newest ports collection, I
> just need to know what commands to run to patch.
Have a look at portupgrade. (/usr/ports/systuils/portupgrade). It
should upgrade your port with minimal fuss.
--
Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz>
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