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[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> I installed 4.5-RELEASE the other day, and then this zlib security
> advisory came out and I got to wondering.. are the install files for
> 4.5-RELEASE updated after patches are put into RELENG_4_5?
If you mean, "Are the 4.5-RELEASE ISO images or CD-ROMs updated to
reflect bug fixes?", then, no, they're not. The usual and recommended
way to update an installed system is documented in the FreeBSD Handbook
(http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/index.html),
Sections 9 and 19. In a nutshell, one uses the 'cvsup' tool to freshen
your source code, then one rebuilds and installs the OS and/or kernel.
It's not as daunting a task as it sounds.
As it turns out, there's a very recent thread in freebsd-security about
this very topic, if you want to know the ups and downs about it.
BTW, freebsd-hackers is not the appropriate venue for questions like this.
Neither is freebsd-security, actually. Try freebsd-questions next time.
Dave
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