Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2002 07:15:57 -0500 (CDT) From: hawkeyd@visi.com (D J Hawkey Jr) To: dsturnbull@optushome.com.au, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: updated install files for 4.5-R after security patches? Message-ID: <200204191215.g3JCFvL03141@sheol.localdomain> In-Reply-To: <1019175741.22772.5.camel_darkstar.turnbull.org@ns.sol.net> References: <1019175741.22772.5.camel_darkstar.turnbull.org@ns.sol.net>
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In article <1019175741.22772.5.camel_darkstar.turnbull.org@ns.sol.net>, dsturnbull@optushome.com.au writes: > I installed 4.5-RELEASE the other day, and then this zlib security > advisory came out and I got to wondering.. are the install files for > 4.5-RELEASE updated after patches are put into RELENG_4_5? If you mean, "Are the 4.5-RELEASE ISO images or CD-ROMs updated to reflect bug fixes?", then, no, they're not. The usual and recommended way to update an installed system is documented in the FreeBSD Handbook (http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/index.html), Sections 9 and 19. In a nutshell, one uses the 'cvsup' tool to freshen your source code, then one rebuilds and installs the OS and/or kernel. It's not as daunting a task as it sounds. As it turns out, there's a very recent thread in freebsd-security about this very topic, if you want to know the ups and downs about it. BTW, freebsd-hackers is not the appropriate venue for questions like this. Neither is freebsd-security, actually. Try freebsd-questions next time. Dave -- Windows: "Where do you want to go today?" Linux: "Where do you want to go tomorrow?" FreeBSD: "Are you guys coming, or what?" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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