Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2007 00:42:09 +0000 From: leticia lazarini <lelazarini@hotmail.com> To: Jose Luis Alarcon Sanchez <jlalarcon@gawab.com>, <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: patches for the 6.2-RELEASE kernel Message-ID: <BAY133-W203AC5B6074C76DB966555CC0A0@phx.gbl>
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STOP................ > Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2007 00:33:27 +0200> From: jlalarcon@gawab.com> To: fre= ebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: patches for the 6.2-RELEASE kernel= > > On Tue, 26 Jun 2007 21:20:58 +0300> Manolis Kiagias <sonicy@otenet.gr> = 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 k= now that -pxx are security patches, or not only> > > security and too are p= atches for solve bugs?.> > >> > > My dude is: is very convenient have upgra= ded the kernel to this> > > patches. I'm a home user, not a bussiness. Noth= ing "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 "auto= matized" mechanism for get it?.> > >> > > One last question, what is the nu= mber of the last patch applied?.> > >> > > Thanks you very much, in advance= .> > >> > > Regards.> > >> > > Jose.> > >> > > > > > > There is a program c= alled freebsd-update. It is part of the main> > system, you already have it= .> > Patching the system is usually as easy as this:> > (as root):> > freeb= sd-update fetch> > freebsd-update install> > Recompiling the kernel is an e= asy, straightforward and well documented> > process (unless you csup'd your= system to STABLE, which you haven't> > obviously)> > > > http://www.freebs= d.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> > > > Manol= is> > > > Manolis,> > Thank you very much for your reply. You're very kind.= Thanks too to> Jerry McAllister and Chuck Swiger.> > This list is fantasti= c.> > Regards.> > Jose.> > -- > http://www.lordofunix.org/>; > Not Registere= d GNU/Hurd User.> Registered BSD User 51101.> Registered Linux User #213309= .> Memories..... You are talking about memories.> Rick Deckard. Blade Runne= r.> _______________________________________________> freebsd-questions@free= bsd.org mailing list> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-que= stions> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@fre= ebsd.org" _________________________________________________________________ Conhe=E7a o Windows Live Spaces, a rede de relacionamentos conectada ao Mes= senger! http://spaces.live.com/signup.aspx=
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