Patches in FreeBSD
Jerry McAllister
jerrymc at msu.edu
Mon Feb 26 21:26:04 UTC 2007
On Mon, Feb 26, 2007 at 10:53:20AM -0800, Josh Carroll wrote:
> >My question is: How do I respond to this?
> >I have seen the word patch used in security update messages - but
> >didn't follow that path. Is that real? Does it cover kernel
> >things essentially on the fly or is a 'time consuming' rebuild
> >still needed?
>
> 6.2 now official supports binary patches via freebsd-update(8). From
> the 6.2-RELEASE announcement
> (http://www.freebsd.org/releases/6.2R/announce.html):
>
> "freebsd-update(8) provides officially supported binary updates for
> security fixes and errata patches"
>
> So there's your response. :)
Thank you.
I didn't realize my question is to cutting edge - so to speak.
I saw a few posts mentioning update, but didn't take the time to
follow them and didn't realize their possible relevance.
So, good news!
////jerry
>
> Josh
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