Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2021 06:33:05 +0000 From: Graham Perrin <grahamperrin@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, FreeBSD CURRENT <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Git, shallow clone hashes, commit counts and system/security updates Message-ID: <00517bca-fc1b-fcea-50a2-6469ff922092@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAN6yY1uL8Ri3070SJ=dR5AVeG8qgxx5_SUxjdriNE-KWQkqsEQ@mail.gmail.com> References: <20210228023827.f68e6136d688c0a37206c883@3dresearch.com> <CAHu1Y73iJi=A9vwzOWM90zb2uD1pU9VZfwRJLdeZ6AhRF0nb9A@mail.gmail.com> <20210228120313.cdb53cab429a38fdf9817d0d@3dresearch.com> <CAHu1Y70DCR4z8D85ixc2z2GwwY%2BhsK263QsJuq--BQCmByA9GA@mail.gmail.com> <20210301020830.5466d368867bdbc11b0b7648@3dresearch.com> <CAHu1Y73cnWZij52c6_pKHZJiheHZE4wYsYf51sHZq7YGZuTYew@mail.gmail.com> <CAN6yY1uL8Ri3070SJ=dR5AVeG8qgxx5_SUxjdriNE-KWQkqsEQ@mail.gmail.com>
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On 02/03/2021 05:42, Kevin Oberman wrote: Re: Panic after updating from source > On Mon, Mar 1, 2021 at 6:31 PM Michael Sierchio <kudzu@tenebras.com> wrote: > >> … > You need to be aware that the shallow clone hash will not include the > commit count which will be used in future security updates to make it easy > to check whether your system needs to be updated or not. A full clone does > require more space, but I was surprised at how little extra space it > requires. Warner is updating his git mini-guide to point out this issue. > If you run STABLE, it's a really significant concern. You can convert the > shallow clone to a full one with "git fetch --unshallow". This will take > some time to run. > -- > Kevin Oberman, Part time kid herder and retired Network Engineer > E-mail: rkoberman@gmail.com > PGP Fingerprint: D03FB98AFA78E3B78C1694B318AB39EF1B055683 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions Drawing the above (with a change of subject line) to the attention of the freebsd-current list. Thank you, Kevin and Warner.
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