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" > > recompile what's suggested in the advisory, or > > the whole world - and you're done. > > cvsupping to RELENG_5_4 will include all of those patches, not just > the one you just read about. So if you had to avoid installing a patch > for some reason (you had a local solution, or something, it happens > sometimes) then you need to avoid using the cvsup method.
I just tried this again to verify. cvsuping to RELENG_5_4 gives you 5.4-STABLE, which includes _many_ things not found in the 5.4-RELEASE-p?? branch. I'm not saying people shouldn't upgrade to 5.4-STABLE (although I do think efforts should be directed towards including bugfixes in the 5.4-RELEASE-p?? branch) but that they should be aware that cvsup'ing to RELENG_5_4 will give them a very different result to patching the specific security advisory patches. _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
