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From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de>
To: Chris Stankevitz <chrisstankevitz@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Disable periodic security check for vulnerable packages
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On Mon, 17 Aug 2015 11:43:26 -0700, Chris Stankevitz wrote:
> How do I disable periodic security check for vulnerable packages?
> Couldn't find out by reading 'man periodic', 'man periodic.conf', 'man
> pkg', or google.

You'll find the settings in /etc/defaults/periodic.conf.
There's also explanation on what the different security
settings will do. Write your overrides to /etc/periodic.conf
as explained in "man periodic.conf".


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Polytropon
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