Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2004 11:31:51 +0800 From: Ladislav Bodnar <distro.watch@msa.hinet.net> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: keeping my freebsd secure... THANX Message-ID: <200406141131.51215.distro.watch@msa.hinet.net> In-Reply-To: <1087170692.20776.16.camel@parker.babysnakes.org> References: <pan.2004.06.12.09.01.59.52173@babysnakes.org> <Pine.LNX.4.58.0406132246220.10258@sparc64.devnet.co.uk> <1087170692.20776.16.camel@parker.babysnakes.org>
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On Monday 14 June 2004 07:51, Haim Ashkenazi wrote: > what's you're saying is very disturbing... I only moved to FreeBSD > because debian stable releases a new version once in a long time > (more I am in the same situation as you. But I am wondering - what happens if you just run the installation program from within an existing installation and update the binary packages to the latest release (say, your server is running 4.9, but you want to upgrade to 4.10). Is this a good way of going about upgrading, or am I just completely off my rocko? (I know this doesn't address the issue of security fixes, but at least you could get your PHP up to a newer version). In all honesty, I don't feel confident about upgrading an entire system by compiling from sources. Maybe it's because I've been bitten by upgrade problems on Gentoo, but also because, from whatever little experience I have with FreeBSD, compiling from sources can fail on FreeBSD too. My logic dictates that the binary packages provided with a RELEASE are well-tested, so that everything works together nicely. Why bother with compiling? Anybody cares to comment?
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