Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2010 07:37:55 +0000 (GMT) From: "Alexandre L." <axelbsd@ymail.com> To: Mike Clarke <jmc-freebsd2@milibyte.co.uk>, Michael <mlmichael70@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Staying up to date with security patches Message-ID: <784158.46830.qm@web24803.mail.ird.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <4C3B6D7A.90603@gmail.com>
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The full process is described here : http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/updating-upgrading-freebsdupdate.html Alexandre --- En date de : Lun 12.7.10, Michael <mlmichael70@gmail.com> a écrit : > De: Michael <mlmichael70@gmail.com> > Objet: Re: Staying up to date with security patches > À: "Mike Clarke" <jmc-freebsd2@milibyte.co.uk> > Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Date: Lundi 12 juillet 2010, 19h31 > On 02/07/2010 22:58, Mike Clarke > wrote: > > On Friday 02 July 2010, Ed Flecko wrote: > > > >> Since I will be doing a custom kernel at some > point, I won't use > >> freebsd-update, I'm using cvsup instead. > > > > The alternative would be to just use the source code > patches from the > > security-advisories mailing list. That way you don't > have to rebuild > > the whole base system each time, though some of the > patches will > > require the kernel to be rebuilt. > > > > That's what I used to do and it works. Only trouble is that > in some cases it turns out that it's not enough to simply > follow instructions from security advisory. You have to > manually make other parts of the system otherwise updating > will fail. I found it somewhat confusing and time > consuming. > > Now I'm using freebsd-update with my custom built kernel > and it also works fine. I just have to remember to rebuild > and reinstall my kernel every time after using > freebsd-update (or in fact only when kernel code is > affected). That way I got very quick and no-brainer system > updates. > Is it not advised to do it this way? > > Michael > _______________________________________________ > 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" >
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