Date: Wed, 12 May 2004 17:57:38 +0200 (CEST) From: Cordula's Web <cpghost@cordula.ws> To: omnafees@student.cs.uwaterloo.ca Cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Keeping FreeBSD up-to-date Message-ID: <20040512155738.C9C884082C@fw.farid-hajji.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.58.0405121132250.21258@cpu06.student.cs.uwaterloo.ca> (omnafees@student.cs.uwaterloo.ca) References: <Pine.GSO.4.58.0405121132250.21258@cpu06.student.cs.uwaterloo.ca>
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> What is the most automated way to keep the FreeBSD base up-to-date? I know > that the binary upgrade option in sysinstall can be used to upgrade the base > to the latest release... but does this take into account new Security > Advisories? Synchronizing your sources with cvsup, and then recompiling the whole system is IMHO the easiest method to keep up to date: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/makeworld.html Many people run a cron job to track RELENG_4 or just the security branch. > Any pointers to appropriate documentation would be helpful as well. > > Thanks, > Omar Cheers, -cpghost. -- Cordula's Web. http://www.cordula.ws/
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