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