Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2005 17:33:30 +0400 From: "Andrew P." <infofarmer@gmail.com> To: Cody Holland <cholland@redmoonbroadband.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Patch vs. Upgrade Message-ID: <cb5206420510120633v436204cayf8885f44733ac2bc@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4B3EE484EEA4F344BBB62F831648998646786A@corpsrv.RedMoon.local> References: <4B3EE484EEA4F344BBB62F831648998646786A@corpsrv.RedMoon.local>
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On 10/12/05, Cody Holland <cholland@redmoonbroadband.com> wrote: > I'm still pretty new to the BSD world and wanted to throw out a question > to see what kind of responses I get. What is everyones take on what to > do when security vulnerabities are discovered. Do you upgrade your > source (not always the easiest thing to do) or patch. What are the pros > and cons of patching? > > Thanks, > Cody > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.o= rg" > We cvsup the source, rebuild the whole system or just the part that's mentioned in a security advisory (one always says what exactly needs to be recompiled). Patching pros: doesn't require you to have the source at hand doesn't require any development tools (like gcc) Patching cons: quite limited version availability not so reliable as recompiling If things are not too tight on yout hard drive, consider the cvsup way. It's very easy - and very clearly described in the handbook.
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