--On Wednesday, August 11, 2004 12:59:46 AM -0500 Eric Crist
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
The difference between a binary upgrade and an upgrade via CVS or cvsup
is the time between creation of the sources. Binary upgrades generally
come out durning major releases, for example, from 4.9 to 4.10. Any
security patches added between that time were only available with a
CVS/cvsup upgrade, followed by a system rebuild.
This is simply not true. You can upgrade all the sources using
freebsd-update. Look in /usr/ports/security/freebsd-update. I use this on
production servers now to lessen downtime. All you have to do is a fetch,
then an install, then reboot, and you're done. On a production webserver
getting millions of hits a month, this is a godsend.
Paul Schmehl ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Adjunct Information Security Officer
The University of Texas at Dallas
AVIEN Founding Member
http://www.utdallas.edu/ir/security/
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