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Date:      Fri, 28 Feb 2003 13:36:13 -0800
From:      Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
To:        Stephen Hoover <shooverfbn@442spot.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Updating parts of the system..
Message-ID:  <20030228213613.GB87764@rot13.obsecurity.org>
In-Reply-To: <00e801c2df71$047ca010$6702a8c0@cutlass442>
References:  <00e801c2df71$047ca010$6702a8c0@cutlass442>

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On Fri, Feb 28, 2003 at 03:33:21PM -0600, Stephen Hoover wrote:
> I was wondering if it was feasible to update just parts of the FreeBSD
> system without updating the whole thing...for instance the recent OpenSSL
> update - is it possible to update just OpenSSL on say a FreeBSD 4.3 box
> without updating the whole system? From what I have read it doesn't look to
> be possible, (outside of installing from ports, but I want to upgrade what
> actually came with the FreeBSD install) but I just wanted to check with the
> experts.

It's not supported in general, but if you know what you're doing you
can often do it.  The upgrade instructions in the security advisory
may be useful.

Kris

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