From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 26 22:33:30 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 863BB16A421 for ; Tue, 26 Jun 2007 22:33:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jlalarcon@gawab.com) Received: from info9.gawab.com (info9.gawab.com [204.97.230.38]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 5698313C458 for ; Tue, 26 Jun 2007 22:33:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jlalarcon@gawab.com) Received: (qmail 29294 invoked by uid 1004); 26 Jun 2007 22:19:56 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO Endeavour.lordofunix.org) (jlalarcon@gawab.com@84.79.187.101) by gawab.com with SMTP; 26 Jun 2007 22:19:56 -0000 X-Trusted: Whitelisted Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2007 00:33:27 +0200 From: Jose Luis Alarcon Sanchez To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-Id: <20070627003327.7052e001.jlalarcon@gawab.com> In-Reply-To: <4681590A.80600@otenet.gr> References: <4681590A.80600@otenet.gr> X-Mailer: Sylpheed 2.4.0beta7 (GTK+ 2.10.13; i386-portbld-freebsd6.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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 22:33:30 -0000 On Tue, 26 Jun 2007 21:20:58 +0300 Manolis Kiagias wrote: > Jose Luis Alarcon Sanchez wrote: > > Hi Folks. > > > > 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?. > > > > 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?. > > > > One last question, what is the number of the last patch applied?. > > > > Thanks you very much, in advance. > > > > Regards. > > > > Jose. > > > > > > There is a program called freebsd-update. It is part of the main > system, you already have it. > Patching the system is usually as easy as this: > (as root): > freebsd-update fetch > freebsd-update install > Recompiling the kernel is an easy, straightforward and well documented > process (unless you csup'd your system to STABLE, which you haven't > obviously) > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/kernelconfig-building.html > > Since, as you say, nothing important depends on your system, you should > experiment and learn from it! > The current patch level is p5 > > Manolis > Manolis, Thank you very much for your reply. You're very kind. Thanks too to Jerry McAllister and Chuck Swiger. This list is fantastic. Regards. Jose. -- http://www.lordofunix.org/ Not Registered GNU/Hurd User. Registered BSD User 51101. Registered Linux User #213309. Memories..... You are talking about memories. Rick Deckard. Blade Runner.