Date: Fri, 06 Jun 2014 10:22:08 +0200 From: John Marino <freebsd.contact@marino.st> To: Alfred Perlstein <alfred@freebsd.org>, marino@freebsd.org, Paul Schmehl <pschmehl_lists@tx.rr.com>, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Who was the mental genius Message-ID: <53917A30.8050504@marino.st> In-Reply-To: <53917957.2020909@freebsd.org> References: <C38D07C36CF649C84A3B9362@localhost> <20140605211831.GA90310@spectrum.skysmurf.nl> <D2EE1900E54F5DC324E503D3@localhost> <5390E62E.6090807@madpilot.net> <6CEF0183772C97582B196466@Pauls-MacBook-Pro.local> <539130B3.9030604@freebsd.org> <8CA324878D330942AB8AE0B3@Pauls-MacBook-Pro.local> <5391611A.3090406@marino.st> <53917957.2020909@freebsd.org>
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On 6/6/2014 10:18, Alfred Perlstein wrote: > Sure, but really a couple of lines to warn people and wave them towards > next steps is probably advisable next time. > Maybe we can alter the "uname -a" string to show the EOL so that every time the machine boots you see it on top of the MOTD. :) Of course, that won't help for the turn-on-and-forget servers with uptime measured in years... As a serious questions, where should such a "you have X months/days remaining before server is EOL, update before then" messages pop up? weekly cron messages sent to root? John
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