Re: Patch vs. Upgrade

2005-10-13 Thread David Kirchner
On 10/12/05, David Kirchner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 10/12/05, Andrew P. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That's just not true. Cvsupping to something like RELENG_5_4 will do exactly the same thing as a patch, only it's the hassle-free way. You see a sec-advisory, you type cvsup -g -L 2 mysup

Re: Patch vs. Upgrade

2005-10-13 Thread Andrew P.
On 10/13/05, David Kirchner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 10/12/05, David Kirchner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 10/12/05, Andrew P. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That's just not true. Cvsupping to something like RELENG_5_4 will do exactly the same thing as a patch, only it's the hassle-free

Re: Patch vs. Upgrade

2005-10-13 Thread David Kirchner
On 10/13/05, Andrew P. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't see a single reason why I shouldn't ask the BSD daemon to flame the hell out of you :-) Try again to verify. And again. Again then. And if you think that 5 times are enough, you might be right. But they are not enough for you. You're

Re: Patch vs. Upgrade

2005-10-13 Thread Andrew P.
On 10/13/05, David Kirchner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 10/13/05, Andrew P. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't see a single reason why I shouldn't ask the BSD daemon to flame the hell out of you :-) Try again to verify. And again. Again then. And if you think that 5 times are enough, you

Re: Patch vs. Upgrade

2005-10-12 Thread Andrew P.
On 10/12/05, Cody Holland [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm still pretty new to the BSD world and wanted to throw out a question to see what kind of responses I get. What is everyones take on what to do when security vulnerabities are discovered. Do you upgrade your source (not always the easiest

Re: Patch vs. Upgrade

2005-10-12 Thread David Kirchner
On 10/12/05, Cody Holland [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm still pretty new to the BSD world and wanted to throw out a question to see what kind of responses I get. What is everyones take on what to do when security vulnerabities are discovered. Do you upgrade your source (not always the easiest

Re: Patch vs. Upgrade

2005-10-12 Thread David Kirchner
On 10/12/05, Andrew P. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If things are not too tight on yout hard drive, consider the cvsup way. It's very easy - and very clearly described in the handbook. I've seen many people say this, but I suspect they haven't tried looking for information on patching using cvsup

RE: Patch vs. Upgrade

2005-10-12 Thread Cody Holland
On 10/12/05, Andrew P. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If things are not too tight on your hard drive, consider the cvsup way. It's very easy - and very clearly described in the handbook. I've seen many people say this, but I suspect they haven't tried looking for information on patching using

Re: Patch vs. Upgrade

2005-10-12 Thread David Kirchner
On 10/12/05, Cody Holland [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks for the response. I did a terrible job of asking the correct question to get the response I wanted. I do know to cvsup the source and build/make world. I currently have 4 FreeBSD servers in production serving various tasks. The

Re: Patch vs. Upgrade

2005-10-12 Thread Andrew P.
On 10/12/05, David Kirchner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 10/12/05, Cody Holland [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks for the response. I did a terrible job of asking the correct question to get the response I wanted. I do know to cvsup the source and build/make world. I currently have 4

Re: Patch vs. Upgrade

2005-10-12 Thread David Kirchner
On 10/12/05, Andrew P. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That's just not true. Cvsupping to something like RELENG_5_4 will do exactly the same thing as a patch, only it's the hassle-free way. You see a sec-advisory, you type cvsup -g -L 2 mysup recompile what's suggested in the advisory, or the whole