Re: Clarification on patching 5.5-release...

2015-01-19 Thread Stuart Henderson
On 2015-01-17, Daniel Dickman didick...@gmail.com wrote: 1) Can patches be applied selectively and out of order? Don't do that. Actually, yes they can. If you can identify that a particular patch doesn't apply to your use of the system there's no particular need to apply it. I can't think of

Re: Clarification on patching 5.5-release...

2015-01-19 Thread Theo de Raadt
On 2015-01-17, Daniel Dickman didick...@gmail.com wrote: 1) Can patches be applied selectively and out of order? Don't do that. Actually, yes they can. If you can identify that a particular patch doesn't apply to your use of the system there's no particular need to apply it. I can't

Re: Clarification on patching 5.5-release...

2015-01-19 Thread Ted Unangst
On Mon, Jan 19, 2015 at 08:11, Stuart Henderson wrote: On 2015-01-17, Daniel Dickman didick...@gmail.com wrote: 1) Can patches be applied selectively and out of order? Don't do that. Actually, yes they can. If you can identify that a particular patch doesn't apply to your use of the system

Clarification on patching 5.5-release...

2015-01-17 Thread Andrew Lester
Hello misc, I've got some simple questions on the patch process which I couldn't find answers to on my own. Currently I am running 5.5-RELEASE, and sitting on my 5.6 disc set waiting to upgrade. I want to make sure I've been patching my 5.5 system correctly first, though. :) 1) Can patches be

Re: Clarification on patching 5.5-release...

2015-01-17 Thread Daniel Dickman
Hi Andrew, On Sat, Jan 17, 2015 at 4:13 PM, Andrew Lester martinblan...@gmail.com wrote: Hello misc, I've got some simple questions on the patch process which I couldn't find answers to on my own. Currently I am running 5.5-RELEASE, and sitting on my 5.6 disc set waiting to upgrade. I