FreeBSD source auto patcher script

[Michael Vince]

Hi all
I thought I would let you people know of a script that I coded that 
facilitates security patch updating on FreeBSD. When I wrote it I 
decided to called it Quickpatch for some reason even though because its 
source based its not necessarily the least bit quick at all :) I had 
kept it for my self for a while but I was recently provoked to release 
it as it could do greater good being out there on the net, because its 
in Perl its quite hackable for custom needs.

http://www.roq.com/projects/quickpatch/

It has the ability to do a range of different update tasks. These 
features include the ability to easily verify (using PGP) any and all 
advisories, easy setup and use of CVSUP for source and ports tree 
updates. Ability to extract all the useful data out of the official 
FreeBSD security advisories, such as necessary patch commands, security 
advisory topic, exact hours since the patch was made/released, then can 
create ready to run patch files or display/email a full report of that 
information. Also, it can optionally apply the patch files with no 
attendance. Because its highly cronable you can schedule in a 'patch 
mode' kernel recompile and reboot at early morning hours to minimize 
down time inconvenience to others.