Date: Sun, 09 Oct 2005 09:38:32 -0700 From: Micah <micahjon@ywave.com> To: David Kirchner <dpk@dpk.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Deepak Naidu <deepak_nai@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: Patching to FreeBSD 5.4-p7 Message-ID: <43494788.9020005@ywave.com> In-Reply-To: <35c231bf0510090901v12a9f3dcv3df52827fbd51ec7@mail.gmail.com> References: <20051009153321.17545.qmail@web34601.mail.mud.yahoo.com> <35c231bf0510090901v12a9f3dcv3df52827fbd51ec7@mail.gmail.com>
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David Kirchner wrote: > On 10/9/05, Deepak Naidu <deepak_nai@yahoo.com> wrote: > >>Hi, >> I want to know ow to upgarde or patch my FreeBSD 5.4 version to FreeBSD 5.4-p7 >> >>Cheers, >>Deepak Naidu. > > > The common response to this is that it's in the handbook. I'm trying > to find it there, though, and am having a lot of trouble. "upgrade" > and "patch" search terms don't find it. There is some mention of using > cvsup in "Cutting edge", but given the title I don't think that's what > is recommended for everyone. > > I could just be missing the magic search keyword for this, though. > Maybe someone here has it? > > In any case, I believe you can run cvsup, using the example file > /usr/share/examples/cvsup/standard-supfile , using the tag RELENG_5_4 > . I'm not exactly sure what the official patch recommendation is > though. When I did it I followed the directions in "Cutting edge" only I used the RELENG_5_4 tag. Also, freebsd-update http://www.daemonology.net/freebsd-update/ is supposed to allow you to install security patches. It's in the ports under /usr/ports/security/freebsd-update. HTH Micah
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