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Richard Reyes wrote:

> hello guys,
>
> i have just installed freebsd 5.2 from a floppy boot disk. now i saw 
> some security announcement on the
> freebsd website and decided to rebuilt my kernel ( as was instructed 
> on the updates ). anyway, does rebuilding the kernel captures all the 
> necessary updates?
>
> all i did was create a new kernel config file ( basically a copy of 
> the GENERIC ). then execute...
>
> #
>
> # make buildkernel KERNCONF=MYKERNEL
>  
>
> #
>
> # make installkernel KERNCONF=MYKERNEL
>
>
> is this enough ?
>
> thanks
>
> richard
>

This is what you'd do *after* you'd
installed the patch.

The other alternative given is to
do a 'cvsup' of source code to a given
branch (RELENG_4_9 or RELENG_5_2,
then do the entire make buildworld etc.,
cycle....

Kevin Kinsey