FreeBSD source auto patcher script

[horcy]

Hi Michael,

That Sounds like some super cool stuff.
Going to check it out.

Thx!

horcy


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Vince" <michael at roq.com>
To: <freebsd-security at freebsd.org>
Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2004 5:27 AM
Subject: FreeBSD source auto patcher script


> 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.
> 
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