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Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2005 16:12:01 +0100
From: Erik Trulsson <ertr1013@student.uu.se>
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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)).




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Erik Trulsson
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