Date: Thu, 3 Sep 2020 13:15:53 +0100 From: tech-lists <tech-lists@zyxst.net> To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: A question about Security Advisories Message-ID: <20200903121553.GA80905@bastion.zyxst.net> In-Reply-To: <49a1d50c-34d1-239f-1d52-1ebba6799d62@shurik.kiev.ua> References: <49a1d50c-34d1-239f-1d52-1ebba6799d62@shurik.kiev.ua>
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--VbJkn9YxBvnuCH5J Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi, On Tue, Aug 11, 2020 at 10:21:07AM +0300, Oleksandr Kryvulia wrote: > > =A0Hi, >Last years all Security Advisories regarding base system in the "update >your vulnerable system via a source code patch " section recommends to >rebuild a whole world instead of an affected part of a base system. This >is in a most cases an overhead. > >For example 9 years old SA-11:04 [1] offers: > >b) Execute the following commands as root: > ># cd /usr/src ># patch < /path/to/patch ># cd /usr/src/usr.bin/compress ># make obj && make depend && make && make install ># cd /usr/src/usr.bin/gzip ># make obj && make depend && make && make install > >What is a reason we stop to do it? I understand that the preferred way >now is a binary upgrade. +1 I've been wondering this as well. What is the reason for it? --=20 J. --VbJkn9YxBvnuCH5J Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIzBAABCAAdFiEE8n3tWhxW11Ccvv9/s8o7QhFzNAUFAl9Q3ogACgkQs8o7QhFz NAWyCw//ZyK+2ph6IVr+0IdgpzaTvxp6rwz2ocg9alyTVvJBB+ijCcxdO7i1w2yF 4AWf5RYuJAUht5aYRIJ0ev0IBMmnoWaoP84z/fUr/lqYcD1JP4LRi1l3022KApQ8 pgyQ9JpI3AOfJHCmmRVtbZa2iXdExMCkix648QLZ7MnsbNuBGMCKXGt9AVaMcoPM 5VjmHctodedDRa7enr5o7r7SNy/0I9TcbhgYlxqPv5cwcEhz/yT6bD8+xbqpfwa7 quxCaHyqzDvqmnJKG2tups6tmDjsPd/3ON6puajUimDFg4F5Ey0eZuD8QWw7Zv0R T4zhc+7FTzVjiJzVJYB8OLQv2ssjA1DEfNVyWeHxjko+UBzvHkOBgp/QamrNcwvV xJomFibrLqAqZOBgicYWEDrAaugqkx3O3IXQEv+zlBJQE+FbS0Vm2/X5ftmwrqOi Ng3cjE6a8D4Ex5a7UEnyjUxaLyRpy1LpFea38V4j4f+nfIK8ESV0dBMThGBQ/tir UhwFDAt80kPO9dRPchCRz+jztMd5FBxpld/LhyH0wvI4A6GCenctEaWqe2JKDPq5 DkEeDfcTtL4sKfg34CSwSVw81hkfnoybp7aBQD1A3gWHbFJU3BLm2wgb1y2Lwqov 1QlR45+2ww89lqHvChYB+hUAl6rxPub1sT5Ws0/BSvYMWJQuZVE= =baJn -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --VbJkn9YxBvnuCH5J--
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