From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jun 27 11:32:44 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 0002E16A468 for ; Wed, 27 Jun 2007 11:32:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from Albert.Shih@obspm.fr) Received: from mesiob.obspm.fr (mesiob.obspm.fr [145.238.2.2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 91B1213C457 for ; Wed, 27 Jun 2007 11:32:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from Albert.Shih@obspm.fr) Received: from localhost (pcjas.obspm.fr [145.238.2.126]) by mesiob.obspm.fr (8.13.4/8.13.4/SIO Observatoire de Paris) with ESMTP id l5RBWg6e011783; Wed, 27 Jun 2007 13:32:42 +0200 Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2007 13:32:42 +0200 From: Albert Shih To: Jerry McAllister Message-ID: <20070627113242.GF52314@pcjas.obspm.fr> References: <20070626190305.cd30cd9e.jlalarcon@gawab.com> <20070626201836.GA47573@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <20070626201836.GA47573@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.15 (2007-04-06) X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-2.0.2 (mesiob.obspm.fr [145.238.2.2]); Wed, 27 Jun 2007 13:32:42 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV version 0.90.3, clamav-milter version 0.90.3 on mesiob.obspm.fr X-Virus-Status: Clean Cc: Jose Luis Alarcon Sanchez , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: patches for the 6.2-RELEASE kernel X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Albert.Shih@obspm.fr List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2007 11:32:44 -0000 Le 26/06/2007 à 16:18:36-0400, Jerry McAllister a écrit > On Tue, Jun 26, 2007 at 07:03:05PM +0200, 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?. > > Check out csup (previously called cvsup) in the handbook. > Then csup your system to RELENG_6_2 or even RELENG_6 > and your ports to the latest. For the ports it's better to use portsnap. It's work very fine. Be carreful with RELENG_6 it's stable version (something like unstable in Debian). But if it's for your home computer you can use-it. Regards. -- Albert SHIH Observatoire de Paris Meudon SIO batiment 15 Heure local/Local time: Mer 27 jui 2007 13:30:55 CEST