In response to Nerius Landys :
> When and if I upgrade, I will be doing it by compiling the system from
> source (buildworld or what it's called) according to:
> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/makeworld.html
> For the installworld and mergemaster steps, it's strongly rec
When and if I upgrade, I will be doing it by compiling the system from
source (buildworld or what it's called) according to:
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/makeworld.html
For the installworld and mergemaster steps, it's strongly recommended
to drop into single user mode.
Nerius Landys wrote:
>
> > Ascertaining what security holes will affect your system is complicated.
> > If you have to ask this question, then I recommend that you apply all
> > security updates immediately and always assume that every vulnerability
> > is a potential problem for you.
>
> Because
> Ascertaining what security holes will affect your system is complicated.
> If you have to ask this question, then I recommend that you apply all
> security updates immediately and always assume that every vulnerability
> is a potential problem for you.
Because 7.0 updates will no longer be made
Nerius Landys wrote:
>
> I'm running 7.0-RELEASE and I want to defer upgrading to the current
> update (currently p9) and/or upgrading to 7.1 for as long as possible.
> I occasionally csup /usr/src and have a gander at /usr/src/UPDATING,
> but I don't understand to the fullest extent what securit
Nerius Landys wrote:
> What do you suggest that I do so that I am informed immediately when I
> need to upgrade from 7.0-RELEASE to something else because of a
> security hole that affects my system? How will I know?
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