Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2007 11:22:00 -0700 From: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> To: Jose Luis Alarcon Sanchez <jlalarcon@gawab.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: patches for the 6.2-RELEASE kernel Message-ID: <2D95F7A1-4FEA-4E58-8A14-FCFEF49ADB7A@mac.com> In-Reply-To: <20070626194029.bb75ebd9.jlalarcon@gawab.com> References: <20070626194029.bb75ebd9.jlalarcon@gawab.com>
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On Jun 26, 2007, at 10:40 AM, Jose Luis Alarcon Sanchez wrote: > I am FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE user. i'm learning FreeBSD. > > Some times, i see people have a system named 6.2-RELEASE-pxx, where > xx is a number. I know that -pxx are security patches, or not only > security and too are patches for solve bugs?. The security branch only includes security and critical bugfixes, not minor changes, new features, or performance improvements. > My dude is: is very convenient have upgraded the kernel to this > patches. I'm a home user, not a bussiness. Nothing "important" > depend on my system. > > My second dude is: how is the "upgrade" process?, are there this patch > files in any concrete web site and the user must download it and > apply?, > are there any "automatized" mechanism for get it?. There are several ways to update the system, depending on whether you want to get binary updates via freebsd-update mechanism, or update via CSUP/CVSUP which requires a manual rebuild of the system sources. Read the fine Handbook, it's documented there in more detail than is convenient to repeat in email. > One last question, what is the number of the last patch applied?. That changes over time, see: http://www.freebsd.org/security/ ...the most recent advisory (07:04.file) brings 6.2 to "6.2-RELEASE-p5". -- -Chuck
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