Date: Sun, 19 Oct 2003 13:47:42 -0400 From: Alden Louis-Pierre <alden.pierre@verizon.net> To: Graham Lillico <grez@grumpygoblin.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: CVSup supfile<src-all> question Message-ID: <3F92CE3E.9030402@verizon.net> In-Reply-To: <20031020075738.GA19704@thor.grumpygoblin.com> References: <3F91BDB1.7020301@verizon.net> <20031019130325.A87394@grond.sourballs.org> <3F91D526.9050806@verizon.net> <20031020075738.GA19704@thor.grumpygoblin.com>
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Graham Lillico wrote: >On Sat, Oct 18, 2003 at 08:04:54PM -0400, Alden Louis-Pierre wrote: > > >> So running my sample CVSup supfile would not patch my system for the >>security advisories from SA-03:08 - SA-0318(as of 10/19/03)? I'm under >>the impression this supfile would take care of security advisories, >>being that I'm updating the /usr directory. For everything to take in >>effect I must build and install my kernel as well? I'm looking through >>the FreeBSD Handbook and I don't >>see this extra step. >> >>Thank You >>Alden Louis-Pierre >> >> > >If you are wanting to do binary updates then "FreeBSD Update" might be what >your looking for. It can be found at http://www.daemonology.net/freebsd-update/ > >Grez.. > > Thanks everyone for your help. I manage to do a source upgrade. I did not know if it would be this involved. Updating the source was simple, but a little tedious. I never thought I would be compiling so many different things, which made me a little hesitate at first. Graham, thank for the info on the binary update. This is exactly the kind of tool I wanted. For a second there I thought my supfile would do a binary update. Thank You Alden Louis-Pierre
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