Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2007 16:23:35 -0500 From: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@msu.edu> To: josh.carroll@psualum.com Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Patches in FreeBSD Message-ID: <20070226212335.GA60165@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> In-Reply-To: <8cb6106e0702261053k5cf8c64eod62cb2cd498bb87a@mail.gmail.com> References: <20070226184043.GA59508@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> <8cb6106e0702261053k5cf8c64eod62cb2cd498bb87a@mail.gmail.com>
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On Mon, Feb 26, 2007 at 10:53:20AM -0800, 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. :) Thank you. I didn't realize my question is to cutting edge - so to speak. I saw a few posts mentioning update, but didn't take the time to follow them and didn't realize their possible relevance. So, good news! ////jerry > > Josh
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