From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 14 03:32:53 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6575816A4CE for ; Mon, 14 Jun 2004 03:32:53 +0000 (GMT) Received: from msr49.hinet.net (msr49.hinet.net [168.95.4.149]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A033943D48 for ; Mon, 14 Jun 2004 03:32:52 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from distro.watch@msa.hinet.net) Received: from [192.168.0.187] (61-229-1-119.dynamic.hinet.net [61.229.1.119]) by msr49.hinet.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id LAA27990 for ; Mon, 14 Jun 2004 11:32:34 +0800 (CST) From: Ladislav Bodnar Organization: DistroWatch.com To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2004 11:31:51 +0800 User-Agent: KMail/1.6.2 References: <1087170692.20776.16.camel@parker.babysnakes.org> In-Reply-To: <1087170692.20776.16.camel@parker.babysnakes.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200406141131.51215.distro.watch@msa.hinet.net> Subject: Re: keeping my freebsd secure... THANX X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2004 03:32:53 -0000 On Monday 14 June 2004 07:51, Haim Ashkenazi wrote: > what's you're saying is very disturbing... I only moved to FreeBSD > because debian stable releases a new version once in a long time > (more I am in the same situation as you. But I am wondering - what happens if you just run the installation program from within an existing installation and update the binary packages to the latest release (say, your server is running 4.9, but you want to upgrade to 4.10). Is this a good way of going about upgrading, or am I just completely off my rocko? (I know this doesn't address the issue of security fixes, but at least you could get your PHP up to a newer version). In all honesty, I don't feel confident about upgrading an entire system by compiling from sources. Maybe it's because I've been bitten by upgrade problems on Gentoo, but also because, from whatever little experience I have with FreeBSD, compiling from sources can fail on FreeBSD too. My logic dictates that the binary packages provided with a RELEASE are well-tested, so that everything works together nicely. Why bother with compiling? Anybody cares to comment?