Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2007 13:32:42 +0200 From: Albert Shih <Albert.Shih@obspm.fr> To: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@msu.edu> Cc: Jose Luis Alarcon Sanchez <jlalarcon@gawab.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: patches for the 6.2-RELEASE kernel Message-ID: <20070627113242.GF52314@pcjas.obspm.fr> In-Reply-To: <20070626201836.GA47573@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> References: <20070626190305.cd30cd9e.jlalarcon@gawab.com> <20070626201836.GA47573@gizmo.acns.msu.edu>
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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
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