From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Feb 26 18:58:32 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 25A0916A405 for ; Mon, 26 Feb 2007 18:58:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nomadlogic@gmail.com) Received: from mu-out-0910.google.com (mu-out-0910.google.com [209.85.134.190]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9FC3B13C4B5 for ; Mon, 26 Feb 2007 18:58:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nomadlogic@gmail.com) Received: by mu-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id g7so1316698muf for ; Mon, 26 Feb 2007 10:58:30 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=UorbWOnWyoXrN6bNabiRzXRpg+jyTwSh2jmoD72phqUlH6S2OfdV23yGtTvfP6FKQ/6dYvLm7L4W3vAy3+fMnG4HrIqnUXrbcQKHCbUedwdhRS/qVDX2Zc3aAB0ej+kAblgYPauK6+3yz/UFRMUb0kw4UQej2tuWmfJRCSP9CqI= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=gyQMTnIVDw4ZCKbrYOsEhE96vkWEGFs1sWhGHW6nfn3f30rhiWlN3dvx5NzWRY4DdyxP+CMtZDiDhDd26YCTuT/YQYv0WtTO5IFGqmfIHbH2yQee7+ApZSOo+7QfRXoJXhYwHTA6U4yuTukzAdocYhpGVuzL+G2TJA9l3A/Bjtg= Received: by 10.82.113.6 with SMTP id l6mr1928433buc.1172516310259; Mon, 26 Feb 2007 10:58:30 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.82.124.20 with HTTP; Mon, 26 Feb 2007 10:58:30 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <57d710000702261058x78723aa3s30605d88082e7ec1@mail.gmail.com> Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2007 10:58:30 -0800 From: "pete wright" To: josh.carroll@psualum.com In-Reply-To: <8cb6106e0702261053k5cf8c64eod62cb2cd498bb87a@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <20070226184043.GA59508@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> <8cb6106e0702261053k5cf8c64eod62cb2cd498bb87a@mail.gmail.com> Cc: Jerry , questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Patches in FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2007 18:58:32 -0000 On 2/26/07, Josh Carroll wrote: > > 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. :) > and you can update your third party packages via binary packages (which you can get from freebsd.org or build yourself)...so it seems these two solutions would be a great fit. -pete -- ~~o0OO0o~~ Pete Wright www.nycbug.org NYC's *BSD User Group