On Monday 29 March 2004 01:28 pm, Sean Murphy wrote: > I would like to stay patched with the latest security advisories. > However usually I wait until the next release iso becomes available and > do a fresh install that includes all the known exploites. My reason > behind this is the "makeworld", "CVSup", and "mergemaster" is very time > consuming/complicated. "Mergemaster" especially when I'm merging /etc > files that I have no clue what they do. I also don't want "all" > sources compiled on my system. I like a minimized OS. I don't want to > build "all" sources when I just need these on my system (bin, man, and > crypto). The same selection I use from a new install from > /stand/sysinstall. Is that possible?
Then perhaps freebsd-update is for you? (/usr/ports/security/freebsd-update) From the file pkg-descr: more pkg-descr This is the client half of the FreeBSD Update system; it fetches and applies binary security updates. WWW: http://www.daemonology.net/freebsd-update/ -- Best regards, Chris _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"