Date: Thu, 04 Oct 2007 16:02:41 +0300 From: Manolis Kiagias <sonicy@otenet.gr> To: dwinner@dwinner.net Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: security patches and release number question Message-ID: <4704E471.5040306@otenet.gr> In-Reply-To: <4704DCAA.1030509@dwinner.net> References: <4704DCAA.1030509@dwinner.net>
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Duane Winner wrote: > Hi, > > Question about patch numbers and applying patches: > > Last night, I got the openssl security advisory, and this morning am > starting to patch my servers. > > I've always just done a "make build world; make build kernel; make > install kernel; make install world" when I've need to patch. > > Today, however, I thought I would just try to do the patch on the > openssl libs as described in the advisory. I think it worked just > fine, but my question is this: > > How do I keep track of which systems I've patched if I just do a > "patch < patchfile" instead of the whole world/kernel thing? > > uname -an still shows 6.2-RELEASE-p7 instead of "p8"; I use this to > keep track of which servers I've patched and which I haven't. > > Is there a way to handle this? > > Thanks, > DW > > This seems to be a common question among the "freebsd-update" utility users as well (like myself :)). The short answer is, the p-something number changes only if you recompile the kernel after such an update. So, if you just need this change to be reflected in your uname -a output, just make buildkernel / make installkernel Manolis
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