Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2003 20:04:54 -0400 From: Alden Louis-Pierre <alden.pierre@verizon.net> To: David Fleck <david.fleck@mchsi.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: CVSup supfile<src-all> question Message-ID: <3F91D526.9050806@verizon.net> In-Reply-To: <20031019130325.A87394@grond.sourballs.org> References: <3F91BDB1.7020301@verizon.net> <20031019130325.A87394@grond.sourballs.org>
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David Fleck wrote: >On Sat, 18 Oct 2003, Alden Louis-Pierre wrote: > > >>Does this mean if I were to do a fresh install of FreeBSD 4.8 and then >>CVSup my source all known security issues would be resolved for the >>particular FreeBSD I'm running? >> >> > >Not quite - it means that your sources would be up-to-date. You'd still >have to build and install the updated code. > > >-- >David Fleck >david.fleck@mchsi.com > >_______________________________________________ >freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > So running my sample CVSup supfile would not patch my system for the security advisories from SA-03:08 - SA-0318(as of 10/19/03)? I'm under the impression this supfile would take care of security advisories, being that I'm updating the /usr directory. For everything to take in effect I must build and install my kernel as well? I'm looking through the FreeBSD Handbook and I don't see this extra step. Thank You Alden Louis-Pierre
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