On Thu, 12 Aug 2010 22:46:18 +0200, Dick Hoogendijk <d...@nagual.nl> wrote: > My years of OpenSolaris made me forget the use of releases and branches. > I'm not into too much compiling anymore. I want a stable, but also safe > server. > I'm running 8.1-RELEASE now, but what about security issues found? > What do I need to run if I want the lates and needed security patches? > I do not want to update my system (at least as few times as possible) > Which brach do I follow? I have the feeling that STABLE is too innovative(?)
In this case, use "freebsd-update" to track -RELEASE; you will get the security patches by binary updating, e. g. you can use this tool to get from 8.1-RELEASE to 8.1-RELEASE-p1 without the need to compile anything. See "man freebsd-update" for details. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
