From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 26 18:22:01 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-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 4AA5A16A468 for ; Tue, 26 Jun 2007 18:22:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cswiger@mac.com) Received: from mail-out3.apple.com (mail-out3.apple.com [17.254.13.22]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2F70813C4B0 for ; Tue, 26 Jun 2007 18:22:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cswiger@mac.com) Received: from relay8.apple.com (relay8.apple.com [17.128.113.38]) by mail-out3.apple.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 191EFA4CB9D; Tue, 26 Jun 2007 11:22:01 -0700 (PDT) Received: from relay8.apple.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by relay8.apple.com (Symantec Mail Security) with ESMTP id 0469440055; Tue, 26 Jun 2007 11:22:01 -0700 (PDT) X-AuditID: 11807126-a40d1bb0000007dd-13-46815948b7dd Received: from [17.214.13.96] (int-si-a.apple.com [17.128.113.41]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by relay8.apple.com (Apple SCV relay) with ESMTP id EB3854001B; Tue, 26 Jun 2007 11:22:00 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20070626194029.bb75ebd9.jlalarcon@gawab.com> References: <20070626194029.bb75ebd9.jlalarcon@gawab.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.2) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: <2D95F7A1-4FEA-4E58-8A14-FCFEF49ADB7A@mac.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Chuck Swiger Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2007 11:22:00 -0700 To: Jose Luis Alarcon Sanchez X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.2) X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAA== Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: patches for the 6.2-RELEASE kernel 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: Tue, 26 Jun 2007 18:22:01 -0000 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