Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2004 14:04:44 -0600 From: Chris <racerx@makeworld.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Security Updates and Patching Two Choices? Message-ID: <200403291404.44849.racerx@makeworld.com> In-Reply-To: <38632096-81B7-11D8-A410-00039352A78A@calarts.edu> References: <38632096-81B7-11D8-A410-00039352A78A@calarts.edu>
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On Monday 29 March 2004 01:28 pm, Sean Murphy wrote: > I would like to stay patched with the latest security advisories. > However usually I wait until the next release iso becomes available and > do a fresh install that includes all the known exploites. My reason > behind this is the "makeworld", "CVSup", and "mergemaster" is very time > consuming/complicated. "Mergemaster" especially when I'm merging /etc > files that I have no clue what they do. I also don't want "all" > sources compiled on my system. I like a minimized OS. I don't want to > build "all" sources when I just need these on my system (bin, man, and > crypto). The same selection I use from a new install from > /stand/sysinstall. Is that possible? Then perhaps freebsd-update is for you? (/usr/ports/security/freebsd-update) =46rom the file pkg-descr: more pkg-descr=20 This is the client half of the FreeBSD Update system; it fetches and applies binary security updates. WWW: http://www.daemonology.net/freebsd-update/ =2D-=20 Best regards, Chris
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