patches for the 6.2-RELEASE kernel

[Jose Luis Alarcon Sanchez]

On Tue, 26 Jun 2007 21:20:58 +0300
Manolis Kiagias <sonicy at otenet.gr> wrote:

> Jose Luis Alarcon Sanchez wrote:
>  > Hi Folks.
>  >
>  > I am FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE user. i'm learning FreeBSD.
>  >
>  > Some times, i see people have a system named 6.2-RELEASE-pxx, where
>  > xx is a number. I know that -pxx are security patches, or not only
>  > security and too are patches for solve bugs?.
>  >
>  > My dude is: is very convenient have upgraded the kernel to this
>  > patches. I'm a home user, not a bussiness. Nothing "important"
>  > depend on my system.
>  >
>  > My second dude is: how is the "upgrade" process?, are there this patch
>  > files in any concrete web site and the user must download it and apply?,
>  > are there any "automatized" mechanism for get it?.
>  >
>  > One last question, what is the number of the last patch applied?.
>  >
>  > Thanks you very much, in advance.
>  >
>  > Regards.
>  >
>  > Jose.
>  >
>  >   
> 
> There is  a program called freebsd-update. It is part of the main
> system, you already have it.
> Patching the system is usually as easy as this:
> (as root):
> freebsd-update fetch
> freebsd-update install
> Recompiling the kernel is an easy, straightforward and well documented
> process (unless you csup'd your system to STABLE, which you haven't
> obviously)
> 
> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/kernelconfig-building.html
> 
> Since, as you say, nothing important depends on your system, you should
> experiment and learn from it!
> The current patch level is p5
> 
> Manolis
> 

Manolis,

Thank you very much for your reply. You're very kind. Thanks too to
Jerry McAllister and Chuck Swiger.

This list is fantastic.

Regards.

Jose.

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