Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2001 11:42:40 +0200 From: Mark Rowlands <mark.rowlands@minmail.net> To: "unknown source" <callihn@hotmail.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Would it be so hard? Message-ID: <01072911424000.93828@pcmarpxy.tninet.se> In-Reply-To: <F231luLCTaogxLDp7mv00007431@hotmail.com> References: <F231luLCTaogxLDp7mv00007431@hotmail.com>
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On Sunday 29 July 2001 10:08, unknown source wrote, and I added some punctuation: > Would it be so hard to have patched iso images of freebsd kinda like a mini > release I guess. Yes. who is going to do it that hasn't got something better to be doing? > I purchased the 4.2 powerpack and then purchased 4.3 for what? When I > got them I had to patch the kernel, now that reminds me of M$ you buy and > buy and buy but you never have the latest and its never secure. No operating system, by definition, is ever really secure. I don't recall Microsoft issuing fresh patched iso' s of any o/s. Sun does, if that is a requirement for you. > It really is a pain to have to patch the kernel three or four times after > an install from the iso not to mention all the ports that you will have to > fix You should only need to do this once initially to get the "latest" patches and to customize the kernel for your hardware, and subsequently when security advisories that affect the services YOU are running are released or if there is a new/upgraded port you are desperate for. > I don't have enough bandwidth ...... Once upon a time, there was a world without dsl, isdn and even without 56k modems.....strange but true. cvsup requires very little bandwidth, distributing iso images weekly around the world requires a tad more and would subtract from the bandwidth available to other users of the systems distributing these images. See the thread security and iso images from July 22nd To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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