Re: Tracking base system and kernel updates/vulnerabilities

2008-04-17 Thread Robert Huff
Jonathan Chen writes: > Incidentally, running a userland out-of-sync with the > kernel is asking for Bad-Things(tm) to happen. I think of it more like "sacrificing a room full of kindergardeners to your oozing tentacled god" Asking for Bad Things to Happen(tm).

Re: Tracking base system and kernel updates/vulnerabilities

2008-04-17 Thread Jonathan Chen
On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 08:20:00AM +0200, Anselm Strauss wrote: [...] > - Can I somehow determine the version of the base system without > running uname on the kernel (I could have a release base system but > run a stable kernel for example)? Sure, I could take the indirect way > over freebs

Re: Tracking base system and kernel updates/vulnerabilities

2008-04-16 Thread Anselm Strauss
On Apr 15, 2008, at 20:28 , Lowell Gilbert wrote: Anselm Strauss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: is there a tool, like portaudit for the ports tree, to track updates and/or vulnerabilities for the base system and the kernel? What I'm looking for is a tool that will check my current installation ag

Re: Tracking base system and kernel updates/vulnerabilities

2008-04-15 Thread Lowell Gilbert
Anselm Strauss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > is there a tool, like portaudit for the ports tree, to track updates > and/or vulnerabilities for the base system and the kernel? What I'm > looking for is a tool that will check my current installation against > a specific checkout of the CVS source an

Tracking base system and kernel updates/vulnerabilities

2008-04-15 Thread Anselm Strauss
Hi, is there a tool, like portaudit for the ports tree, to track updates and/or vulnerabilities for the base system and the kernel? What I'm looking for is a tool that will check my current installation against a specific checkout of the CVS source and kernel trees considering a specific