Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2001 11:00:15 -0400 From: Bill Vermillion <bill@wjv.com> To: security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: RELEASE 4.3 -> RELENG_4_3: SUCCESSFULLY but ... Message-ID: <20010811110015.D49164@wjv.com> In-Reply-To: <bulk.57626.20010810210323@hub.freebsd.org>; from owner-freebsd-security-digest@FreeBSD.ORG on Fri, Aug 10, 2001 at 09:03:24PM -0700 References: <bulk.57626.20010810210323@hub.freebsd.org>
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> > Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2001 15:55:18 -0400 (EDT) > From: Jim Durham <durham@w2xo.pgh.pa.us> > Subject: Re: RELEASE 4.3 -> RELENG_4_3: SUCCESSFULLY but ... > > On Thu, 9 Aug 2001, alexus wrote: > > > i'm more or less newbie here > > can you explain me why would you ever want to > > do cvsup+rebuild kernel every friday? what's wrong with your old > > kernel? > The tag "RELENG_4_3" means that cvsup only incorporates security > fixes to the kernel. This is meant for "production servers", where > you want to fool around with things the least amount possible. "If > it ain't broke, don't fix it" . 8-) . > This is about the only way to keep up with security fixes properly. > There's a new exploit happening all the time. > Actually, I watch this list for advisories and then do a cvsup. > I don't do it on a schedule, but others do. > As I said, I'm leery of updating a system running multi-user. > I'm too old for the adrelelin rush Care to say just how old that might be - I'll never see 50 again so I'd like to know what at what age I need to start worrying about this :-) Bill To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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