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 _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
