Keeping FreeBSD up-to-date

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> What is the most automated way to keep the FreeBSD base up-to-date? I know
> that the binary upgrade option in sysinstall can be used to upgrade the base
> to the latest release... but does this take into account new Security
> Advisories?

Synchronizing your sources with cvsup, and then recompiling
the whole system is IMHO the easiest method to keep up to date:

http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/makeworld.html

Many people run a cron job to track RELENG_4 or just the security
branch.

> Any pointers to appropriate documentation would be helpful as well.
> 
> Thanks,
> Omar

Cheers,
-cpghost.

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