On Sun May 9 2004 17:09, Rob Stallard wrote: <snip> > *puts his newbie hat on* > I've never patched linux before, how do you do it?
- Patching binary packages: upgrade to a newer package supplied by your distro by using the applicable tool (i.e. rpm, apt, pkgtool, etc.). e.g. rpm -Uvh kernel-2.6.5-i386-1.rpm - Patching source packages: download the diff file and use the patch utility e.g. cd /usr/src/linux && patch -p0 patch-2.6.6-rc3 > Do you just grab the rpm's or source and install? are there specific security patches? Most distributions will provide updated packages when notified of a security vulnerability in software they ship or maintain. Often there are security mailing lists you can join to be notified of such releases. HTH, Curtis _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca
