From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Sep 17 17:13:59 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 26FFE16A403 for ; Sun, 17 Sep 2006 17:13:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pauls@utdallas.edu) Received: from mail.stovebolt.com (mail.stovebolt.com [66.221.101.248]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C63B443D67 for ; Sun, 17 Sep 2006 17:13:58 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from pauls@utdallas.edu) Received: from [192.168.2.102] (adsl-65-71-92-168.dsl.rcsntx.swbell.net [65.71.92.168]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.stovebolt.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 70C7A114314 for ; Sun, 17 Sep 2006 12:06:52 -0500 (CDT) Date: Sun, 17 Sep 2006 12:13:53 -0500 From: pauls@utdallas.edu To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <19409D507D61FEEA3BAAE513@paul-schmehls-powerbook59.local> In-Reply-To: <450D3377.6010306@verysmall.org> References: <200609161541.38002.bob@tania.servebbs.org> <450C55FA.5070701@verysmall.org> <200609161639.47705.bob@tania.servebbs.org> <450CCC90.6000605@verysmall.org> <450D3377.6010306@verysmall.org> X-Mailer: Mulberry/4.0.5 (Mac OS X) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=sha1; protocol="application/pkcs7-signature"; boundary="==========2D5367790A3BBECBD125==========" X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: Re: When is BuildWorld necessary? 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: Sun, 17 Sep 2006 17:13:59 -0000 --==========2D5367790A3BBECBD125========== Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline --On September 17, 2006 1:37:27 PM +0200 pobox@verysmall.org wrote: > pauls@utdallas.edu wrote: >> No one has mentioned the security/freebsd-update port. With that you >> can apply updates to the kernel and world without having to build them >> *if* (and only if!) you are running a GENERIC kernel. For remote >> administration, this may be a good option for some. > > I read that this can be used _only_ nothing has been re-compiled > locally, of have I missed something? > > We have custom kernel due to database needed optimizations. > That's correct. If you have a custom kernel, you cannot use=20 freebsd-update. Paul Schmehl (pauls@utdallas.edu) Adjunct Information Security Officer The University of Texas at Dallas http://www.utdallas.edu/ir/security/ --==========2D5367790A3BBECBD125==========--