Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2014 10:51:04 +0200 From: Michael Gmelin <grembo@freebsd.org> To: "marino@freebsd.org" <marino@freebsd.org> Cc: Paul Schmehl <pschmehl_lists@tx.rr.com>, Alfred Perlstein <alfred@freebsd.org>, "freebsd-ports@freebsd.org" <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Who was the mental genius Message-ID: <EA88DBD9-F436-4107-9181-45A5375C6442@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <53917A30.8050504@marino.st> References: <C38D07C36CF649C84A3B9362@localhost> <20140605211831.GA90310@spectrum.skysmurf.nl> <D2EE1900E54F5DC324E503D3@localhost> <5390E62E.6090807@madpilot.net> <6CEF0183772C97582B196466@Pauls-MacBook-Pro.local> <539130B3.9030604@freebsd.org> <8CA324878D330942AB8AE0B3@Pauls-MacBook-Pro.local> <5391611A.3090406@marino.st> <53917957.2020909@freebsd.org> <53917A30.8050504@marino.st>
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> On 06 Jun 2014, at 10:22, John Marino <freebsd.contact@marino.st> wrote: > >> On 6/6/2014 10:18, Alfred Perlstein wrote: >> Sure, but really a couple of lines to warn people and wave them towards >> next steps is probably advisable next time. > > Maybe we can alter the "uname -a" string to show the EOL so that every > time the machine boots you see it on top of the MOTD. > > :) > > Of course, that won't help for the turn-on-and-forget servers with > uptime measured in years... > > As a serious questions, where should such a "you have X months/days > remaining before server is EOL, update before then" messages pop up? > weekly cron messages sent to root? periodic/security/450-check_eol ?(info if < 90 days left, error if past eol) > > John > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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