From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed May 31 11:22:31 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 08F1916A422 for ; Wed, 31 May 2006 11:22:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from andrew@scoop.co.nz) Received: from a2.scoop.co.nz (a2.scoop.co.nz [202.50.109.74]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9684B43D70 for ; Wed, 31 May 2006 11:22:21 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from andrew@scoop.co.nz) Received: from a2.scoop.co.nz (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by a2.scoop.co.nz (8.13.6/8.13.1) with ESMTP id k4VBMGYK061644 for ; Wed, 31 May 2006 23:22:17 +1200 (NZST) (envelope-from andrew@scoop.co.nz) Received: from localhost (andrew@localhost) by a2.scoop.co.nz (8.13.6/8.13.1/Submit) with ESMTP id k4VBMGgf061639 for ; Wed, 31 May 2006 23:22:16 +1200 (NZST) (envelope-from andrew@scoop.co.nz) X-Authentication-Warning: a2.scoop.co.nz: andrew owned process doing -bs Date: Wed, 31 May 2006 23:22:16 +1200 (NZST) From: Andrew McNaughton To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20060531230821.T62075@a2.scoop.co.nz> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-2.0 (a2.scoop.co.nz [127.0.0.1]); Wed, 31 May 2006 23:22:17 +1200 (NZST) X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.88.1/1500/Wed May 31 08:47:36 2006 on a2.scoop.co.nz X-Virus-Status: Clean Subject: getting alerts about system upgrades 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: Wed, 31 May 2006 11:22:31 -0000 portaudit gives me alerts when security issues arise in installed ports, and portversion keeps me abreast of less critical updates. It's a whole lot easier than the old situation of tracking the security lists every day. Is there a comparably easy way to track available and critical upgrades for the FreeBSD core? It'd be nice if the nightly reports would just tell me if a new patch comes available for the particular RELENG_X_Y branch that I'm on, preferably with just a little info to help me assess how rapidly I need to respond. Are there tools for this? Andrew ------------------------------------------------------------------- Andrew McNaughton http://www.scoop.co.nz/ andrew@scoop.co.nz Mobile: +61 422 753 792 pgp keyid: 1C7A8CFD -- "We are trying to figure out how you conduct a war against something other than a nation-state and how ... you conduct a war in countries that you are not at war with," -- Donald Rumsfeld, 27 Jan 2006