Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2000 17:26:44 +0200 (IST) From: Roman Shterenzon <roman@xpert.com> To: Chris Faulhaber <jedgar@fxp.org> Cc: Mikhail Kruk <meshko@cs.brandeis.edu>, James Lim <jameslpin@pacific.net.sg>, <security@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Security Update Tool.. Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.30.0012161725010.32357-100000@jamus.xpert.com> In-Reply-To: <20001215201018.A90289@peitho.fxp.org>
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On Fri, 15 Dec 2000, Chris Faulhaber wrote: > On Fri, Dec 15, 2000 at 08:05:08PM -0500, Mikhail Kruk wrote: > > um... marking port forbidden will prevent you from installing it, but is > > there ability to audit ports you have already installed? > > > > Not exactly, though pkg_version(1) will tell you what packages > require updating. pkg_version works with /usr/ports/INDEX which tends to be outdated. One has to do make index in /usr/ports (and have the full ports collection) for it to work as expected, and, of course, ports-all has to be up-to-date. I was thinking more about check vs. advisories. --Roman Shterenzon, UNIX System Administrator and Consultant [ Xpert UNIX Systems Ltd., Herzlia, Israel. Tel: +972-9-9522361 ] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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