Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2005 16:16:23 -0500 From: Kevin Kinsey <kdk@daleco.biz> To: James <james@idea-anvil.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvsup source with security fixes - which supfile? Message-ID: <43137B27.1030604@daleco.biz> In-Reply-To: <200508291031.33517.james@idea-anvil.net> References: <200508291031.33517.james@idea-anvil.net>
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James wrote: >Hi, > >I am using freebsd-update to make sure my systems are kept up to date, but I >have one box (FreeBSD 4.11-RELEASE) that has a custom kernel and the kernel >dosn't get updated, just the modules. > >I read the handbook on cvsuping the source and it wasn't quite clear to me >which supfile I should use. I wan't to cvsup the source that would have the >security fixes, their are 2 supfiles in /usr/share/examples/cvsup which one >would I use (if either)? > >standard-supfile >stable-supfile > >-james > > I don't know that there's much difference. A diff(1) on the two files on my 5.4 system is just a few lines, mostly comments and the ID tag. What's important is which release tag you use. A conservative tag for your situation would be RELENG_4_11. Only slightly less conservative would be RELENG_4, and I'm not sure but what the two are close to lockstepped as the developers are spending most of their time on 6.X and 5.X. Grab src-all and your handbook and build world to your heart's content! Kevin Kinsey
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