Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2007 10:53:20 -0800 From: "Josh Carroll" <josh.carroll@gmail.com> To: Jerry <jerrymc@msu.edu> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Patches in FreeBSD Message-ID: <8cb6106e0702261053k5cf8c64eod62cb2cd498bb87a@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20070226184043.GA59508@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> References: <20070226184043.GA59508@gizmo.acns.msu.edu>
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> My question is: How do I respond to this? > I have seen the word patch used in security update messages - but > didn't follow that path. Is that real? Does it cover kernel > things essentially on the fly or is a 'time consuming' rebuild > still needed? 6.2 now official supports binary patches via freebsd-update(8). From the 6.2-RELEASE announcement (http://www.freebsd.org/releases/6.2R/announce.html): "freebsd-update(8) provides officially supported binary updates for security fixes and errata patches" So there's your response. :) Josh
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