From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Oct 26 00:23:57 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5495116A403 for ; Thu, 26 Oct 2006 00:23:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pauls@utdallas.edu) Received: from mail.stovebolt.com (mail.stovebolt.com [66.221.101.249]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 43F4843D58 for ; Thu, 26 Oct 2006 00:23:56 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from pauls@utdallas.edu) Received: from [192.168.2.102] (adsl-65-65-211-169.dsl.rcsntx.swbell.net [65.65.211.169]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.stovebolt.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 285F6114307 for ; Wed, 25 Oct 2006 19:23:42 -0500 (CDT) Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2006 19:23:54 -0500 From: Paul Schmehl To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <453FEAB3.9030409@bigfoot.com> References: <453FEAB3.9030409@bigfoot.com> X-Mailer: Mulberry/4.0.5 (Mac OS X) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=sha1; protocol="application/pkcs7-signature"; boundary="==========FCFED73E89183572E6F4==========" X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: Re: freebsd-update vs. make buildworld X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2006 00:23:57 -0000 --==========FCFED73E89183572E6F4========== Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline --On October 26, 2006 12:52:35 AM +0200 Niek wrote: > Hi experts, > > Due to the recent security issue regarding openssl, I have to update a > server running 6_release. I was wondering if updating using binaries > using the freebsd-update utility is a viable alternative to recompiling > the world. What would you recommend? > It is so long as you haven't altered any of the kernel or base source=20 files. If you have, you'll need to rebuild kernel and world. I use both=20 methods; freebsd-update when I'm using a GENERIC kernel with no changes=20 and the traditional method when the source has been altered, the kernel is = customized or the processor is not supported under freebsd-update. Paul Schmehl (pauls@utdallas.edu) Senior Information Security Analyst The University of Texas at Dallas http://www.utdallas.edu/ir/security/ --==========FCFED73E89183572E6F4==========--