Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2005 16:12:01 +0100 From: Erik Trulsson <ertr1013@student.uu.se> To: rihad <rihad@mail.ru> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ports security branch Message-ID: <20051219151201.GA48891@falcon.midgard.homeip.net> In-Reply-To: <43A6CA19.5020100@mail.ru> References: <43A6CA19.5020100@mail.ru>
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On Mon, Dec 19, 2005 at 06:56:25PM +0400, rihad wrote: > Is there a security branch for the FreeBSD ports collection? No, the ports tree is not branched at all. > Let's say, > I installed FreeBSD 6.0 together with all needed -RELEASE > ports/packages. Running security/portaudit after a while reveals that > some of the installed packages have vulnerabilities. Am I on my own to > go grab the fresh ports tree, and upgrade the affected software, > suffering all the intricacies of the move by myself? Yes, although sysutils/portmanager can be of some help when upgrading your ports. > Debian GNU/Linux > has its security package updates, OpenBSD has a separately maintained > "errata" ports branch (you still get to download a newer release of the > software, though (IIRC)). -- <Insert your favourite quote here.> Erik Trulsson ertr1013@student.uu.se
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