Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2013 22:16:43 -0600 From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.net> To: Glen Barber <gjb@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD Security Advisory FreeBSD-SA-13:05.nfsserver Message-ID: <201304300416.WAA20729@lariat.net> In-Reply-To: <20130430034603.GF1588@glenbarber.us> References: <201304292055.r3TKtcEs039958@freefall.freebsd.org> <201304292208.QAA16119@lariat.net> <20130430034603.GF1588@glenbarber.us>
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At 09:46 PM 4/29/2013, Glen Barber wrote:
>This has _always_ been the case with freebsd-update(8).
Should it be? It seems to me that the current behavior
a) Violates POLA; and
b) Puts any system with a custom kernel at serious risk if
surgery and/or a kernel rebuild is not done prior to the
next reboot. If there's a power failure, the system may
well not come up.
--Brett Glass
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