From owner-freebsd-security Sun Dec 21 10:34:53 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id KAA17256 for security-outgoing; Sun, 21 Dec 1997 10:34:53 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-security) Received: from prefetch.san.rr.com (ns1.san.rr.com [204.210.0.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id KAA17250; Sun, 21 Dec 1997 10:34:50 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from Studded@dal.net) Received: from dal.net (dt051n19.san.rr.com [204.210.32.25]) by prefetch.san.rr.com (8.8.7/8.8.8) with ESMTP id KAA11669; Sun, 21 Dec 1997 10:33:34 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <349D60FB.E7AF91A7@dal.net> Date: Sun, 21 Dec 1997 10:33:31 -0800 From: Studded X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.04 [en] (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.2.5-STABLE i386) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Vladimir Uralsky , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org CC: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvsup? References: <19971221175143.12552@koala.lanck.ru> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-security@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Vladimir Uralsky wrote: > > Hi! > > I have some troubles with cvsup utility. I never use it before. I'm > running FreeBSD-2.2.2 and want to upgrade a kernel to -stable. What tag > must I use? What are another useful options? I obtain a 2.2.5 kernel > sources, but they seems not a -stable. For example the identcpu.c not > contain a update about f00f bug, but CERT advisory describe it must be > in. > > Sorry if it isn't a topic for this mailing list. Your question actually belongs on freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, which is where I've sent a copy for you. :) If your system is 2.2.2 and you upgrade to 2.2.5-Stable kernel sources, you may introduce conflicts between your kernel and userland programs. If you use ipfw, 2.2.2 systems are not compatible with 2.2.5 kernels at all for example. You would be much better off upgrading the whole system to 2.2.5-Stable. Also, if you don't upgrade often you can avoid having to set up cvsup by getting your sources at the snapshot server, releng22.freebsd.org. If you need help upgrading via make world, please take a look at http://home.san.rr.com/freebsd/upgrade.html. I've rewritten the "Upgrading from source" page that's on www.freebsd.org to include more recent information. If you have console access, you could also use the floppy/sysinstall method of upgrading, like what you or someone did to install FreeBSD. Either way, good luck, :) Doug