Re: Clarification on patching 5.5-release...

2015-01-19 Thread Ted Unangst
On Mon, Jan 19, 2015 at 08:11, Stuart Henderson wrote: > On 2015-01-17, Daniel Dickman wrote: >>> 1) Can patches be applied selectively and out of order? >> >> Don't do that. > > Actually, yes they can. If you can identify that a particular patch > doesn't apply to your use of the system there's

Re: Clarification on patching 5.5-release...

2015-01-19 Thread Theo de Raadt
> On 2015-01-17, Daniel Dickman wrote: > >> 1) Can patches be applied selectively and out of order? > > > > Don't do that. > > Actually, yes they can. If you can identify that a particular patch > doesn't apply to your use of the system there's no particular need to > apply it. I can't think of a

Re: Clarification on patching 5.5-release...

2015-01-19 Thread Stuart Henderson
On 2015-01-17, Daniel Dickman wrote: >> 1) Can patches be applied selectively and out of order? > > Don't do that. Actually, yes they can. If you can identify that a particular patch doesn't apply to your use of the system there's no particular need to apply it. I can't think of any patches where

Re: Clarification on patching 5.5-release...

2015-01-17 Thread Daniel Dickman
Hi Andrew, On Sat, Jan 17, 2015 at 4:13 PM, Andrew Lester wrote: > Hello misc, > > I've got some simple questions on the patch process which I couldn't find > answers to on > my own. Currently I am running 5.5-RELEASE, and sitting on my 5.6 disc set > waiting to > upgrade. I want to make sure I