Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2010 11:55:50 -0700 From: Ed Flecko <edflecko@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Confused about keeping system up to date Message-ID: <AANLkTim6HoO93OFD-tbjz7o8gXmTbNnnUyYeu1MkSm6o@mail.gmail.com>
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Hi folks, I'm running Production Release 8.1 on a production server. For a variety of reasons, I've decided to keep my system up to date via building it from source code. 1.) I want to follow the 8.1 errata branch, which (after rebuilding) pretty much just applies any released patches, right? 2.) I want the entry in my supfile to read: tag=RELENG_8_1_0 - or tag=RELENG_8.1_0 ? 3.) As a general rule, the only time you really NEED to update, rebuild your system, etc., is after there's been a security patch release, right? 4.) Is RELENG_8_1 the same thing as 8.1-RELEASE ??? 5.) If I'm just trying to keep my system up to date as far as applying security patches, should I just follow the directions in the security patch notes to apply it, or should I update via cvsup (or csup, etc.) and rebuild the system? I guess what I'm asking is: when, if ever (?) should you just apply patches or should you always update, rebuild, etc.??? Thank you, Ed
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