Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2003 09:19:07 +0200 From: Willie Viljoen <will@unfoldings.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: where can i find the security errata and patch section? Message-ID: <200302050918.39722.will@unfoldings.net> In-Reply-To: <3E40827B.30106@myrealbox.com> References: <3E40827B.30106@myrealbox.com>
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On Wednesday 05 February 2003 05:18, sweetleaf wrote: > I coming from openbsd, and have security question about patching. > > On openbsd we can review the up2date errata and if there is a security > issue for which a patch exists, we can download the individual patch an= d > use the..... patch -p0 command to patch the src. and then just rebuil= d > the binary / install binary. > > The actual page is http://www.openbsd.org/errata.html The errata for the present production release (4.7), including security=20 advisories, can be found at: http://www.freebsd.org/releases/4.7R/errata.html You most likely won't find manual patches though, FreeBSD is patched and=20 upgraded with the CVSup system. This insures that the entire code base is= =20 upgraded, to prevent dependancy problems and eliminate cruft. To get cvsup, as root: cd /usr/ports/net/cvsup; make install clean; Then edit the examples in /usr/share/examples/cvsup/ and use them to upgr= ade=20 the system. More detailed information on the use of CVSup can be found in= =20 the FreeBSD Handbook (which should be installed in=20 /usr/share/doc/handbook/index.html) > > > I cant find this on the freebsd page and was wondering if such a errata > w/patch exists for this project as i don't have time to cvs and make > world often and would just rather patch things myself. > > Thanks in advance. > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message --=20 Willie Viljoen Freelance IT Consultant 214 Paul Kruger Avenue, Universitas Bloemfontein 9321 South Africa +27 51 522 15 60 +27 51 522 44 36 (after hours) +27 82 404 03 27 (mobile) will@unfoldings.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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