Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2006 04:32:00 -0600 From: Derek Ragona <derek@computinginnovations.com> To: Chris Maness <chris@chrismaness.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: To track or not to track Message-ID: <6.0.0.22.2.20060310043154.028ce3c8@mail.computinginnovations.com> In-Reply-To: <44110B88.4050800@chrismaness.com> References: <20060308120036.5784916A423@hub.freebsd.org> <20060308100648.U67765@ns1.internetinsite.com> <6.0.0.22.2.20060308150946.027fc3e0@mail.computinginnovations.com> <44110B88.4050800@chrismaness.com>
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Yes I use the same CVS tags for the ports and user, and src.
-Derek
At 11:15 PM 3/9/2006, Chris Maness wrote:
>>>I just wanted to get pros and cons for tracking the whole port tree on a
>>>production server.
>>>
>>>Any opinions?
>>>
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>Derek Ragona wrote:
>>Chris,
>>
>>I will use a CVS tag to update a release for any officially reported
>>security issues. You can look up the right tags here:
>>http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cvs-tags.html
>>
>>However, with production boxes, I have either non-production boxes I
>>update first to test the release, or secondary production boxes I update first.
>>
>>I only update these systems if the security issue will effect the
>>use. For instance, if it is an issue with ipfw, but I am not using that
>>on a box, I don't bother to update it.
>>
>>Hope this helps,
>>
>> -Derek
>
>Are you using these tags for the ports or the base system + userland? I
>love the way that I can track the security/bug fixes by tracking a branch
>of the code for the src directory. It would be nice if ports forked too.
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