Re: Patch vs. Upgrade

2005-10-13 Thread Andrew P.
On 10/13/05, David Kirchner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 10/13/05, Andrew P. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I don't see a single reason why I shouldn't ask > > the BSD daemon to flame the hell out of you :-) > > > > Try again to verify. And again. Again then. And > > if you think that 5 times ar

Re: Patch vs. Upgrade

2005-10-13 Thread David Kirchner
On 10/13/05, Andrew P. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I don't see a single reason why I shouldn't ask > the BSD daemon to flame the hell out of you :-) > > Try again to verify. And again. Again then. And > if you think that 5 times are enough, you might > be right. But they are not enough for you. Y

Re: Patch vs. Upgrade

2005-10-13 Thread Andrew P.
On 10/13/05, David Kirchner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 t

Re: Patch vs. Upgrade

2005-10-13 Thread David Kirchner
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 -

Re: Patch vs. Upgrade

2005-10-12 Thread David Kirchner
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 >

Re: Patch vs. Upgrade

2005-10-12 Thread Andrew P.
On 10/12/05, David Kirchner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 10/12/05, Cody Holland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Thanks for the response. I did a terrible job of asking the correct > > question to get the response I wanted. I do know to cvsup the source > > and build/make world. I currently ha

Re: Patch vs. Upgrade

2005-10-12 Thread David Kirchner
On 10/12/05, Cody Holland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks for the response. I did a terrible job of asking the correct > question to get the response I wanted. I do know to cvsup the source > and build/make world. I currently have 4 FreeBSD servers in production > serving various tasks. Th

RE: Patch vs. Upgrade

2005-10-12 Thread Cody Holland
On 10/12/05, Andrew P. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > If things are not too tight on your hard drive, consider the cvsup > > way. It's very easy - and very clearly described in the handbook. > > I've seen many people say this, but I suspect they haven't > tried looking for information on patchin

Re: Patch vs. Upgrade

2005-10-12 Thread David Kirchner
On 10/12/05, Andrew P. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If things are not too tight on yout hard drive, > consider the cvsup way. It's very easy - and > very clearly described in the handbook. I've seen many people say this, but I suspect they haven't tried looking for information on patching using cv

Re: Patch vs. Upgrade

2005-10-12 Thread David Kirchner
On 10/12/05, Cody Holland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm still pretty new to the BSD world and wanted to throw out a question > to see what kind of responses I get. What is everyones take on what to > do when security vulnerabities are discovered. Do you upgrade your > source (not always the ea

Re: Patch vs. Upgrade

2005-10-12 Thread Andrew P.
On 10/12/05, Cody Holland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm still pretty new to the BSD world and wanted to throw out a question > to see what kind of responses I get. What is everyones take on what to > do when security vulnerabities are discovered. Do you upgrade your > source (not always the ea

Patch vs. Upgrade

2005-10-12 Thread Cody Holland
I'm still pretty new to the BSD world and wanted to throw out a question to see what kind of responses I get. What is everyones take on what to do when security vulnerabities are discovered. Do you upgrade your source (not always the easiest thing to do) or patch. What are the pros and cons of p