Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2010 07:37:55 +0000 (GMT) From: "Alexandre L." <axelbsd@ymail.com> To: Mike Clarke <jmc-freebsd2@milibyte.co.uk>, Michael <mlmichael70@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Staying up to date with security patches Message-ID: <784158.46830.qm@web24803.mail.ird.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <4C3B6D7A.90603@gmail.com>
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The full process is described here : http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/ha= ndbook/updating-upgrading-freebsdupdate.html=0A=0AAlexandre=0A=0A--- En dat= e de=A0: Lun 12.7.10, Michael <mlmichael70@gmail.com> a =E9crit=A0:=0A=0A> = De: Michael <mlmichael70@gmail.com>=0A> Objet: Re: Staying up to date with = security patches=0A> =C0: "Mike Clarke" <jmc-freebsd2@milibyte.co.uk>=0A> C= c: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org=0A> Date: Lundi 12 juillet 2010, 19h31=0A>= On 02/07/2010 22:58, Mike Clarke=0A> wrote:=0A> > On Friday 02 July 2010, = Ed Flecko wrote:=0A> > =0A> >> Since I will be doing a custom kernel at som= e=0A> point, I won't use=0A> >> freebsd-update, I'm using cvsup instead.=0A= > > =0A> > The alternative would be to just use the source code=0A> patches= from the=0A> > security-advisories mailing list. That way you don't=0A> ha= ve to rebuild=0A> > the whole base system each time, though some of the=0A>= patches will=0A> > require the kernel to be rebuilt.=0A> > =0A> =0A> That'= s what I used to do and it works. Only trouble is that=0A> in some cases it= turns out that it's not enough to simply=0A> follow instructions from secu= rity advisory. You have to=0A> manually make other parts of the system othe= rwise updating=0A> will fail. I found it somewhat confusing and time=0A> co= nsuming.=0A> =0A> Now I'm using freebsd-update with my custom built kernel= =0A> and it also works fine. I just have to remember to rebuild=0A> and rei= nstall my kernel every time after using=0A> freebsd-update (or in fact only= when kernel code is=0A> affected). That way I got very quick and no-braine= r system=0A> updates.=0A> Is it not advised to do it this way?=0A> =0A> Mic= hael=0A> _______________________________________________=0A> freebsd-questi= ons@freebsd.org=0A> mailing list=0A> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listi= nfo/freebsd-questions=0A> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questio= ns-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"=0A> =0A=0A=0A
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