Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2014 06:54:26 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: marino@freebsd.org Cc: Paul Schmehl <pschmehl_lists@tx.rr.com>, Alfred Perlstein <alfred@freebsd.org>, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Who was the mental genius Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1406060637580.7663@wonkity.com> 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 Fri, 6 Jun 2014, John Marino 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? It could reasonably be added to /etc/periodic/security. Updating the EOL date would have to be part of the release process. And the message might point people to the list of EOL dates on freebsd.org for additional information.
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