Date: Mon, 09 Feb 2004 09:40:20 -0600 From: "Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P." <kdk@daleco.biz> To: Richard Reyes <richard@voxsant.com> Cc: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: hello - security update. Message-ID: <4027A9E4.9020103@daleco.biz> In-Reply-To: <4027BAD0.90407@voxsant.com> References: <4027BAD0.90407@voxsant.com>
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Richard Reyes wrote: > hello guys, > > i have just installed freebsd 5.2 from a floppy boot disk. now i saw > some security announcement on the > freebsd website and decided to rebuilt my kernel ( as was instructed > on the updates ). anyway, does rebuilding the kernel captures all the > necessary updates? > > all i did was create a new kernel config file ( basically a copy of > the GENERIC ). then execute... > > # > > # make buildkernel KERNCONF=MYKERNEL > > > # > > # make installkernel KERNCONF=MYKERNEL > > > is this enough ? > > thanks > > richard > This is what you'd do *after* you'd installed the patch. The other alternative given is to do a 'cvsup' of source code to a given branch (RELENG_4_9 or RELENG_5_2, then do the entire make buildworld etc., cycle.... Kevin Kinsey
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